chamilad
Reputation: 1669
Get working directory of the parent shell from a child process
I'm calling /location2/script2.sh from /location1/script1.sh. Is there a method to figure out location1 from script2.sh?
bash /location2/script2.sh
Upvotes: 1
Views: 117
Answers (1)
heemayl
Reputation: 42107
Yes, just use $PWD or pwd.
If you call /location2/script2.sh from /location1/script1.sh, then the current working directory of script2.sh will always be /location1, not /location2.
Upvotes: 3
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