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Re: Determinate the directory whithin a script



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Paolo Pantaleo wrote:
> I have a script in something like
> 
> /media/sda1/backup/script.sh
> 
> since sda1 could be also sda2 or anything, I want to determintate
> at run-time what is the directory in which the script is located,
> how can I do?
> 
> pwd doesn't work, since I cuold call the script from some other
> direcotry

If you use udev, then you can give the device a descriptive name
(based on things like the serial number of the hard drive).

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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