check for relative paths

    else

       prefix=$( ls -d ${prefix}/universc*/ | head -n 1)

    fi

    #requires full path

    prefix=$(readlink -f $prefix)

    current_version=$(cat ${prefix}/.version)

fi

echo "uninstalling universc ${current_version} from: $prefix"

if [[ $prefix == $(pwd) ]] || [[ $prefix == "." ]]

if [[ $prefix == $(pwd) ]] || [[ $prefix == "." ]] || [ $prefix == "../"* ]] || [[ $prefix == "./"* ]]

   then

   echo "Current directory not removed"

else