On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:01:55AM +0200, Shai Bentin wrote: > Here's the whole story. I have a java application which needs to start from > the directory where it is as a working directory. The problem is that this > application can be installed by the user anywhere on his system. So I need a > way to start the application from the diectory it was saved in. In windows > for example I can create a shortcut with a working directory, in Linux I > don't know? One way is to use a script which I ask the user to set the > working directory by him self. My question is if there are other ways to do > it?
untested, but should work, modulu error handling: APP=`which app` DIR=`dirname $APP` cd $DIR && echo $DIR && $APP etc -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org | http://www.livejournal.com/~mulix "the nucleus of linux oscillates my world" - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
