Requiring files

ruby-talk
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Hi,

If I start a Ruby application from a different directory than what the
executed file is in, Ruby can't find the other files that the executed
file requires (that are in the same directory as the executed file).

Any ideas on ways to fix that?

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Joe Van Dyk wrote:

Hi,

If I start a Ruby application from a different directory than what the
executed file is in, Ruby can't find the other files that the executed
file requires (that are in the same directory as the executed file).

Any ideas on ways to fix that?

$:.push File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))

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ruby -I /path/to/libs

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On 02 Jun 2005, at 10:18, Joe Van Dyk wrote:

Hi,

If I start a Ruby application from a different directory than what the
executed file is in, Ruby can't find the other files that the executed
file requires (that are in the same directory as the executed file).

Any ideas on ways to fix that?

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Gennady Bystritksy wrote:

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Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I start a Ruby application from a different directory than what the
> executed file is in, Ruby can't find the other files that the executed
> file requires (that are in the same directory as the executed file).
>
> Any ideas on ways to fix that?
>
$:.push File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))

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Gennady Bystritksy wrote:

Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I start a Ruby application from a different directory than what the
> executed file is in, Ruby can't find the other files that the executed
> file requires (that are in the same directory as the executed file).
>
> Any ideas on ways to fix that?
>
$:.push File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))

I always prefer the verbose name of the globals:
$LOAD_PATH.push File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))

Look at the 'english' library in the stdlib:
ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/english.rb