#!/bin/sh
# this script returns the absolute path
workdir=`pwd`
abspath=$1
firstchar=`echo $1 | awk '{ print substr($0,1,1) }'`
if ([ ! $firstchar = "/" ]); then
abspath=$workdir/$1
fi
abspath=`echo $abspath | sed 's/\/\.\//\//g'`
echo $abspath
