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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# is there a realiable cross-platform was to do this without relying on compiling C code?
+
+DIR=$(dirname $(readlink "$0") 2>/dev/null || dirname "$0" 2>/dev/null )
+which realpath 2>&1 > /dev/null
+REALPATH_INSTALLED=$?
+
+if [ ! $REALPATH_INSTALLED -eq 0 ]; then
+	if [ ! -f $DIR/realpath ]; then
+	    >&2 echo "Compiling realpath" 
+	    gcc $DIR/realpath.c -o $DIR/realpath
+	    chmod u+x $DIR/realpath
+	fi
+	$DIR/realpath $1
+else
+	realpath $1
+fi