Actually nothing. The format seems to have come from a similar line that builds the script path.. printf '%s/%s\n' "$(pwd -P)" "$(basename "$0")" It's jus

Actually nothing. The format seems to have come from a similar line that builds the script path.. printf '%s/%s\n' "$(pwd -P)" "$(basename "$0")" It's just been in place, in so many places, so long it's become unquestionable. So yes the `pwd -P` in this case will suffice.