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#49 Fix gantproject.sh to work with symlinks
Context :
I usually install software by compiling it in ~/local/, and then create a symbolic link to them in ~/bin/.
Problem :
ganttproject.sh tries to find its related files in the directory where the executable is ($0). In my case, it searches in ~/bin/, and finds nothing.
Solution :
Use readlink untill the script finds the actual script.
See attached patch.
Discussion
Anonymous
Solution for the problem.
Hi ,
Matthieu Moy is right, the Linux shell script for running does not handle symlinks right.
I propose a solution for the same problem, but simpler (I cannot see a wasy to attach another patch, so I will write it here) :
Replace in ganttproject.sh
COMMAND_PATH=
echo ${0} | sed -e "s/\(.*\)\/.*$/\1/g"cd ${COMMAND_PATH}
with :
LINK_FILE=$(readlink -f "$0")
cd
dirname $LINK_FILEIf a user installs the GanttProject into /opt for example and makes link to ~/bin ... those 2 lines will fix the symlink problem.
Have nice day
The solution from paopap works on linux, but "readlink -f" is not as portable as plain "readlink" (AFAIK, it does not work on Mac OS X), so you probably prefer the while loop even if it's a bit longer.