1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/exec/scala.unix.tmpl b/src/exec/scala.unix.tmpl
index bbc2f55e93..58f547f926 100644
--- a/src/exec/scala.unix.tmpl
+++ b/src/exec/scala.unix.tmpl
@@ -15,7 +15,20 @@ case "`uname`" in
     Darwin*) darwin=true ;;
 esac
 
-PREFIX=`dirname "$0"`/..;
+SOURCE=$0;
+SCRIPT=`basename "$SOURCE"`;
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do
+    SCRIPT=`basename "$SOURCE"`;
+    LOOKUP=`ls -ld "$SOURCE"`;
+    TARGET=`expr "$LOOKUP" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`;
+    if expr "${TARGET:-.}/" : '/.*/$' > /dev/null; then
+        SOURCE=${TARGET:-.};
+    else
+        SOURCE=`dirname "$SOURCE"`/${TARGET:-.};
+    fi;
+done;
+PREFIX=`dirname "$SOURCE"`/..;
+prefix=$PREFIX;
 PREFIX=`cd "$PREFIX"; pwd`;
 
 JAVA=java