minced

#!/bin/bash


# readlink is different between BSD and Linux, 
# therefore this loop recreates `readlink -f`

ORIG_DIR=$(pwd $(dirname "$0"))

cd $(dirname "$0")

TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$0")
# Iterate down a (possible) chain of symlinks
i=0
while [ -L "$TARGET_FILE" ]
do
    if [[ "$i" -gt 1000 ]]; then
        # we're in a link cycle, exit
        echo "Link cycle detected in path, more than 1000 links traversed, exiting" >&2
        exit 1
    fi
    TARGET_FILE=$(readlink "$TARGET_FILE")
    cd $(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")
    TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$TARGET_FILE")
    i=$((i + 1))
done

# Compute the canonicalized name by finding the physical path 
# for the directory we're in and appending the target file.
PHYS_DIR=`pwd -P`

cd "$ORIG_DIR"

java -jar "$PHYS_DIR"/minced.jar "$@"