Re^2: Getting the absolute path of a script, without PWD

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Thanks ikegami. Agreed. The working directory is a location chosen by the user. Due to symlinks one might reach the same location through different paths. And this state is in bash, there's no way of knowing this state unless bash exposes it.

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Re^3: Getting the absolute path of a script, without PWD by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 16, 2021 at 22:00 UTC
It does. That's what `$ENV{PWD}` is. But to use that relies on the parent being process being `bash`, and it wouldn't be safe for a setuid script to use that. Seeking work! You can reach me at ikegami@adaelis.com	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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