Am 23.05.2008 um 16:28 schrieb Jerry Krinock: > I want to ship someone a directory containing two files: a shell > script and a tool. Within the shell script, I'd like to invoke the > tool. And I want it idiot-proofed to work regardless of where the > user drops my directory. `dirname $0` or $(dirname $0) should return the path to the script, i.e., the name of the directory containing both the script and the tool. Don't forget to think of spaces in the path! -- Greetings Pete ’Twas a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it. — W.C. Fields