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getting absolute path of a file in csh?



On 08/08/06, Robert La Ferla <robertlaferla at comcast.net> wrote:
> If the cwd is "/users/myacct" and there is a file called
> "filename.dat", I want a command (built-in or external)  that given
> the argument "filename.dat", returns "/users/myacct/filename.dat".

echo $cwd"/"$filename

Gordon
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