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 Thnx PAolo -- if you have a minute to spend please visit my photogrphy site: http://mypic.co.nr