What alternatives are there for " readlink -e"

Question

I use a makefile which in order to create a library uses a .pc file which looks like this

current_path=`readlink -e .`
cat > lib/libmy.pc << EOM
prefix=$current_path
includedir=\${prefix}/inc
libdir=\${prefix}/lib

Name: my
Description: My library
Version: 1.0
Cflags: -I\${includedir}
Libs: -L\${libdir} -lmy
Libs.private: -lm
EOM

The problem is that on mac the -e flag doesn't work (even I installed coreutils). I there a method to replace the flag?

Thank you, how should I include it into the script: "current_path=$(realpath .)"? — , Jul 25 '19 at 06:44
`current_path:=$(realpath .)` is better as realpath may actually read the disk drive. — Matt, Jul 25 '19 at 06:57
This is not `Makefile` code; how does `make` invoke this? Can you add an argument to the invocation? — tripleee, Jul 25 '19 at 07:37

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '19 at 18:56

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The most portable way I could find:

current_path=`python -c "import os; print(os.path.abspath('${MY_AWESOME_PATH}'))"`

in your case:

current_path=`python -c "import os; print(os.path.abspath('.'))"`

answered Jul 27 '19 at 18:56

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What alternatives are there for " readlink -e"

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