diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 51c80744..dcc5cfe0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.109
+8.3.110
diff --git a/tcltk/ext2sim.sh.in b/tcltk/ext2sim.sh.in
index f737caf4..61d69cf8 100755
--- a/tcltk/ext2sim.sh.in
+++ b/tcltk/ext2sim.sh.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TCL_REL_OR_ABS=TCL_DIR_REL_OR_ABS
 if [ "${TCL_REL_OR_ABS:0:1}" = "/" ]; then
    TCL_DIR=$TCL_REL_OR_ABS
 else
-   TCL_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))/$TCL_REL_OR_ABS
+   TCL_DIR=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})/$TCL_REL_OR_ABS; pwd -P)
 fi
 #
 eval ${TCL_DIR}/magicdnull -dnull -noconsole -nowrapper $mgargs <<EOF
diff --git a/tcltk/ext2spice.sh.in b/tcltk/ext2spice.sh.in
index b35a7da5..b87045b0 100755
--- a/tcltk/ext2spice.sh.in
+++ b/tcltk/ext2spice.sh.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TCL_REL_OR_ABS=TCL_DIR_REL_OR_ABS
 if [ "${TCL_REL_OR_ABS:0:1}" = "/" ]; then
    TCL_DIR=$TCL_REL_OR_ABS
 else
-   TCL_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))/$TCL_REL_OR_ABS
+   TCL_DIR=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})/$TCL_REL_OR_ABS; pwd -P)
 fi
 #
 eval ${TCL_DIR}/magicdnull -dnull -noconsole -nowrapper $mgargs <<EOF
diff --git a/tcltk/magic.sh.in b/tcltk/magic.sh.in
index 70fee075..745bd7ad 100755
--- a/tcltk/magic.sh.in
+++ b/tcltk/magic.sh.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ TCL_REL_OR_ABS=TCL_DIR_REL_OR_ABS
 if [ "${TCL_REL_OR_ABS:0:1}" = "/" ]; then
    TCL_DIR=$TCL_REL_OR_ABS
 else
-   TCL_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))/$TCL_REL_OR_ABS
+   TCL_DIR=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})/$TCL_REL_OR_ABS; pwd -P)
 fi
 TKCON=true
 DNULL=