[ale] How to expand to full-path name?

[Chuck Huber]

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> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:10:46 -0400
> From: Jay Loden <ale at jayloden.com>
> Subject: Re: [ale] How to expand to full-path name?
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <46BB3C86.4040403 at jayloden.com>
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> Ken Alexander wrote:
>> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
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>> $0 is whatever you typed in at the command line. So you can call the
>> script with the absolute path. Instead of "./script" use 
>> "/full/path/to/script".

Couldn't you use which?

dir=`which $0`


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