From 4d7ab7a25af30a467a6c2ff73288802dd9bb83d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Hickey <tallirishllama@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 16:11:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add more portable version of readlink

---
 localinstall.sh | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/localinstall.sh b/localinstall.sh
index 524cf66..e32f9eb 100755
--- a/localinstall.sh
+++ b/localinstall.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ set -o nounset
 file=$1
 
 install_dir="${HOME}/.local/bin"
-
-filename=$(basename "$file")
-
 mkdir -p $install_dir
 
-ln -sf "$file" "${install_dir}/${filename}"
+path=$(dirname "$file")
+filename=$(basename "$file")
+
+canonical_path=d=$(cd $(dirname "$path") && pwd -P)
+filename="${canonical_path}/${filename}"
+
+ln -sf "$filename" "${install_dir}/${filename}"