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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-08-12 17:50:07 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-08-12 17:50:07 (GMT)
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Added a comment about not using a symbolic link to access the script.
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#! /usr/bin/env bash
+# This script may be invoked by naming it directly or via a shell alias,
+# but NOT through a symbolic link. Perhaps a future version will allow
+# the use of a symbolic link.
+#
+# Using a symbolic link will cause the script to not be able to locate
+# its support files.
+
MYDIR=`dirname $0`
WORKDIR=`pwd`
cd $MYDIR