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sh: retrieve file path through simlink
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| SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" | |
| while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink | |
| DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )" | |
| SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")" | |
| [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located | |
| done | |
| DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )" |
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