Also route cd to /dev/null

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/gen-installer.sh b/gen-installer.sh
index 8c8cc7d..9f2b1f6 100755
--- a/gen-installer.sh
+++ b/gen-installer.sh
@@ -204,11 +204,13 @@ validate_opt () {
     done
 }
 
+# Prints the absolute path of a directory to stdout
 abs_path() {
     local path="$1"
     # Unset CDPATH because it causes havok: it makes the destination unpredictable
-    # and triggers 'cd' to print the path to stdout.
-    (unset CDPATH && cd "$path" && pwd)
+    # and triggers 'cd' to print the path to stdout. Route `cd`'s output to /dev/null
+    # for good measure.
+    (unset CDPATH && cd "$path" > /dev/null && pwd)
 }
 
 msg "looking for programs"