Save current directory in variable using Bash?

Question

What I\'m trying to do is find the current working directory and save it into a variable, so that I can run export PATH=$PATH:currentdir+somethingelse. I\'m not

Answer 1

for a relative answer, use .

test with:

$ myDir=.
$ ls $myDir
$ cd /
$ ls $myDir

The first ls will show you everything in the current directory, the second will show you everything in the root directory (/).