From: Muli Ben-Yehuda (mulix_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Sun 02 Nov 2003 - 09:20:25 IST
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:01:55AM +0200, Shai Bentin wrote:
> Here's the whole story. I have a java application which needs to start from
> the directory where it is as a working directory. The problem is that this
> application can be installed by the user anywhere on his system. So I need a
> way to start the application from the diectory it was saved in. In windows
> for example I can create a shortcut with a working directory, in Linux I
> don't know? One way is to use a script which I ask the user to set the
> working directory by him self. My question is if there are other ways to do
> it?
untested, but should work, modulu error handling:
APP=`which app`
DIR=`dirname $APP`
cd $DIR && echo $DIR && $APP
etc
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