#!/bin/sh

# AbsoluteName.sh
# Mon Jul 28 17:14:06 GMT 2008
# Chieh Cheng
# http://www.CynosureX.com/

# GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2, June 1991

  scriptName=`basename "$0"`

usage ()
{
  echo "  Usage:   ${scriptName} \"directory\""
  echo "             or"
  echo "           ${scriptName} \"file\""
}

  if [ $# -eq 1 ]
  then
    path="$1"
    cwd=`pwd`

    if [ -d "${path}" ]
    then
      cd "${path}"
      pwd
    else
      parent=`dirname "${path}"`
      child=`basename "${path}"`

      cd "${parent}"
      absoluteDir=`pwd`
      echo "${absoluteDir}/${child}"
    fi

    cd "${cwd}"
  else
    usage
  fi