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Asked: 2026-06-12T03:09:28+00:00

I do the most basic thing in every script SCRIPT=`readlink -f ${0}` HOME=`dirname $SCRIPT`

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I do the most basic thing in every script 

  SCRIPT=`readlink -f ${0}`
  HOME=`dirname $SCRIPT`

and, given $0 = C:\Users\dir\file, readlink gives me /cygdrive/c/CURRENT_DIRECTORY/C:\Users\dir\file so that the next dirname produces terrible /cygdrive/c/Users/CURRENT_DIRECTORY/C:\Users\dir instead of C:\Users\dir or /cygdrive/c/Users/dir

Is it supposed to work this way?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It seems that I have found the answer: we should convert $0 into cygwin format then readlink can work with it

    ZERO=`cygpath ${0}`
SCRIPT=`readlink -f ${ZERO}`
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