>
> On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 17:39 -0600,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 09:26:21PM +0000, michael wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 10:16 -0500, Juergen Fiedler wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 02:26:27PM +0000, michael wrote:
> > > > > Presuming I have a file setEnvVars.sh that I wish to source,
> > > > > . path/setEnvVars.sh
> > > > > How do I, within the script, determine the actual directory within
> > > > > which
> > > > > the setEnvVars.sh file sits? The sourcing seems to disallow me access
> > > > > to
> > > > > $0 etc
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks, M
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > perhaps ${BASH_ARGV[0]} can help you?
> >
> > ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ cat ../X.sh
> > ] #!/bin/bash
> > ] set | grep BASH_ARG
> > ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ ../X.sh
> > ] BASH_ARGC=()
> > ] BASH_ARGV=()
> > ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ . ../X.sh
> > ] BASH_ARGC=([0]="1")
> > ] BASH_ARGV=([0]="../X.sh")
> > ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ cd ..
> > ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd tmp
> > ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ . ../X.sh
> > ] BASH_ARGC=([0]="1")
> > ] BASH_ARGV=([0]="../X.sh")
> >
> > BASH_ARG[CV] carry the argument lists of the subroutine calls currently on
> > the execution stack - and 'source' (or '.') qualifies as a subroutine, so
> > its argument (the filename to be sourced) is on the stack. This, in
> > combination
> > with $(pwd), should be sufficient to locate the sourced file.
> >
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Jan
that sounds more like what I would like, however I don't see to have
BASH_ARG...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ set | grep -i bash
BASH=/bin/bash
BASH_PROFILE=run
BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="2" [1]="05b" [2]="0" [3]="1" [4]="release"
[5]="i386-pc-linux-gnu")
BASH_VERSION='2.05b.0(1)-release'
HISTFILE=/home/michael/.bash_history
SHELL=/bin/bash
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ cat > test.sh
#!/bin/bash
set | grep BASH_ARG
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ cat test.sh
#!/bin/bash
set | grep BASH_ARG
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ chmod u+x test.sh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ ./test.sh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$
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