# piped commands should return the code of the first non-zero return
set -o pipefail
-export TESTDIR=$(dirname "$0")
+# make sure the TESTDIR is an absolute path, not a relative one.
+export TESTDIR=$(cd $(dirname "$0") && pwd)
source "$TESTDIR"/common
# make temp dir
mkdir -p "$TESTDIR"/tmp
-TEMPDIR=$(mktemp -d ${TMPDIR:-$(cd "$TESTDIR" && printf "%s" $(pwd)/tmp)}/monkeyspheretest.XXXXXXX)
+TEMPDIR=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-$TESTDIR/tmp}/monkeyspheretest.XXXXXXX)"
# Use the local copy of executables first, instead of system ones.
# This should help us test without installing.