Just wanted to resolve a relative file path so that I can pass it as an absolute path to a program.
#!/bin/sh QCAD_DIR=/opt/qcad-2.2.2.0-1-prof.linux.x86 ABS_PATH=$(readlink -f "$1") cd $QCAD_DIR && ./qcad $ABS_PATH
Credits: Andy
Resolve Relative to Absolute Paths with readlink
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– July 31, 2010
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