How do you get the ports directory for a port via a script?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 2, 2012, at 12:26, Jim Graham wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 12:33:45PM -0500, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
> 
>> I saw /usr/local in your message... good luck :-)
> 
> It works fine.  :-)   In fact, I just used it on my previous reply.

Installing software into /usr/local will probably interfere with something in MacPorts sooner or later, which is why we recommend you do not do it, and why we do not provide support for situations when you do it.

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#usrlocal