$ pwd -L /discover/nobackup/mathomp4 $ pwd -P /gpfsm/dnb44/mathomp4 #### $Bin - path to bin directory from where script was invoked $RealBin - $Bin with all links resolved #### $ cd $HOME $ cat /discover/nobackup/mathomp4/MyTestScript/bin/test.pl #!/usr/bin/env perl use FindBin; use File::Basename; my $fvroot = dirname($FindBin::Bin); print "Using Bin: $fvroot\n"; my $fvroot2 = dirname($FindBin::RealBin); print "Using RealBin: $fvroot2\n"; $ /discover/nobackup/mathomp4/MyTestScript/bin/test.pl Using Bin: /gpfsm/dnb44/mathomp4/MyTestScript Using RealBin: /gpfsm/dnb44/mathomp4/MyTestScript