From: "Mehr, Assaph (Assaph)" <assaph@...>
Date: 2004-07-19T10:51:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby require path issues


Run this in dofoo.rb (the launch file for your app):

$LOAD_PATH << File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))


-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Van Weerdenburg [mailto:nick@activehitconsulting.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 18 July 2004 4:10 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Ruby require path issues


How does one get $: to seamlessly include the directory of the parent
script?

I've written a library:

foo.rb

And a script,

dofoo.rb which does 'require "foo"'.

If I run dofoo.rb in it's own directory, require works. If I include
it's directory in my path, and run it from another directory, it can't
find the foo.rb library.

I've used $:.push("the path to my library")   ( e.g. 
$:.push(File.dirname($0)) )  before the require, which works but seems
inelegant.

Ultimately, I'd like to be able to distribute a set of scripts that any
user could drop into a path location.

Are there any other ways to do this (assuming no knowledge of the target
system)?

Thanks,
Nick