diff --git a/qcd_function b/qcd_function
index deb9801..5d81d98 100644
--- a/qcd_function
+++ b/qcd_function
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ esac
 function gcd() {
     # guess cd,  find first match in folder, or ask if multiple hits
     local cdto QCDPATH
-    QCDPATH=$( dirname $( realpath ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} ) )
+    case $OSTYPE in
+        darwin*) QCDPATH=$( dirname $( realpath ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} ) ) ;;
+        *)       QCDPATH=$( dirname $( readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} ) ) ;;
+    esac
     cdto=$( python "$QCDPATH"/files/gcd-findmatch.py "$@" )
     [[ -z "$cdto" ]] && return
     \cd "$cdto"
@@ -384,7 +387,10 @@ function path_add_current {
     }
     local p=$(pwd)
     [[ -z "$1" ]] || {
-        p=$( realpath "$1" )
+        case $OSTYPE in
+            darwin*) p=$( realpath "$1" ) ;;
+            *) p=$( realpath "$1" ) ;;
+        esac
     }
     [[ -z "$p" ]] && {
         echo Path "$1" not found >&2
diff --git a/vim/vimansi b/vim/vimansi
index c8e17c0..2f82bd4 100755
--- a/vim/vimansi
+++ b/vim/vimansi
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@ function helpexit() {
 [[ -z "$1" ]] && helpexit
 [[ "$1" = "-h" ]] && helpexit
 
-LIB=$( dirname $( readlink -f $0 ) )/ansi.vim
+case $OSTYPE in
+  darwin*) LIB=$( dirname $( realpath $0 ) )/ansi.vim ;;
+  *)       LIB=$( dirname $( readlink -f $0 ) )/ansi.vim ;;
+esac`
 vim -S "$LIB" "$@"
diff --git a/vim/vimcrypted b/vim/vimcrypted
index 9007a2e..83ac0e2 100755
--- a/vim/vimcrypted
+++ b/vim/vimcrypted
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ if [ ! -e "$1" ]; then
 else 
     gpg --decrypt "$1" > "$unc"
 fi
-LIB=$( dirname $( readlink -f $0 ) )/crypted.vim
+case $OSTYPE in
+  darwin*) LIB=$( dirname $( realpath $0 ) )/crypted.vim ;;
+  *)       LIB=$( dirname $( readlink -f $0 ) )/crypted.vim ;;
+esac
 edit=`date +%s -r $unc`
 if [ -s "$unc" ]; then 
   vim -i NONE -S "$LIB" -n -c "call Hide()" "$unc"    
diff --git a/vim/vimd b/vim/vimd
index f21af1b..9a40ac8 100755
--- a/vim/vimd
+++ b/vim/vimd
@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@ function helpexit() {
 [[ -z "$1" ]] && helpexit
 [[ "$1" = "-h" ]] && helpexit
 
-LIB=$( dirname $( realpath $0 ) )/markdown.vim
+case $OSTYPE in
+  darwin*) LIB=$( dirname $( realpath $0 ) )/markdown.vim ;;
+  *)  LIB=$( dirname $( readlink -f $0 ) )/markdown.vim ;;
+esac
 vim -S "$LIB" "$@"