I have a script that has to record it's actions in a log file. I'd like to ensure that it always writes to a log file that is in the same directory as the script. I tried to establish the name of the log using the dirname & basename cmds: LOGFILE=`dirname $0`/`basename $0 .sh`.log This works as long as the script is run using an absolute path. If I run /scripts/test.sh , my LOGFILE variable is set to /scripts/test.log. If the script is run using a relative path, cd /scripts test.sh the LOGFILE variable gets set to ./test.log. The script changes directories during execution resulting in it writing to test.log in whatever the current working directory is. I think I need to find a replacement for the dirname command that always returns an absolute path. I have tried a which test.sh command but that also can return a relative path name.

if you're using 'ksh', you can do 'whence $0' at the beginning of the script to give you the path to the script itself. From there you can derive the path AND the script name. vlad #include<disclaimer.h>