SUMMARY: script that determines its own path

Hello list,

original question:

> imagine a ksh-script /mypath/myksh.
> 
> I want that script to print out its own location, i.e. /mypath.
> [...]

The most simple way to do this is:

# cat /bin/heckmeck
#!/bin/ksh

dir=$(dirname $0)
( cd $dir; pwd )


Thanks to everybody who replied (far too much to mention),
Thomas 

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