Re: /usr/bin/dirname - it screams to be made REALLY usable

[Paul Eggert]

address@hidden (Frank Schruefer) writes:

> There's no option to get absolute pathnames of the dir, aka:

You can use another tool to do that:

dirname "$(readlink -f .)"

Does this suffice for your needs?


> If I make an enhancement for this proggy, do I need to file another
> copyright asignment via snail mail like it's necessary for gcj?

Yes, assuming your existing assignment covers only GCJ and not
coreutils as well.