From 50df67445c398d09ff460ab5e7567e6afb0c9b51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ger van Diepen <diepen@astron.nl>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:59:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bug 1421: In csh cd;pwd resolves symlinks which we do not
want. Skip it if possible.
---
LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.csh.in | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.csh.in b/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.csh.in
index 2f4c654dc12..99ca98599b9 100644
--- a/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.csh.in
+++ b/LCS/Tools/src/lofarinit.csh.in
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ else
endif
# Now define the new LOFARROOT
- setenv LOFARROOT `cd >/dev/null $lfr_root; pwd` # make path absolute
+ # If not needed, do not do cd;pwd because that resolves symlinks.
+ if ( $lfr_root =~ /* ) then
+ setenv LOFARROOT $lfr_root
+ else
+ setenv LOFARROOT `cd >/dev/null $lfr_root; pwd` # make path absolute
+ endif
# Also strip this path from the current paths (in case it is contained in
# it).
--
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