diff --git a/jsdoc b/jsdoc
index a968aad2..842109c2 100755
--- a/jsdoc
+++ b/jsdoc
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # rhino discards the path to the current script file, so we must add it back
-BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
+SOURCE="$0"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
+BASEDIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 java -classpath ${BASEDIR}/lib/js.jar org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main -modules ${BASEDIR}/node_modules -modules ${BASEDIR}/rhino_modules -modules ${BASEDIR} ${BASEDIR}/jsdoc.js --dirname=${BASEDIR} $@
 
-#java -classpath ${BASEDIR}/lib/js.jar org.mozilla.javascript.tools.debugger.Main -debug -modules ${BASEDIR}/node_modules -modules ${BASEDIR}/rhino_modules  -modules ${BASEDIR} ${BASEDIR}/jsdoc.js --dirname=${BASEDIR} $@
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+#java -classpath ${BASEDIR}/lib/js.jar org.mozilla.javascript.tools.debugger.Main -debug -modules ${BASEDIR}/node_modules -modules ${BASEDIR}/rhino_modules  -modules ${BASEDIR} ${BASEDIR}/jsdoc.js --dirname=${BASEDIR} $@