From: Assaph Mehr <assaph@...>
Date: 2005-06-03T11:05:23+09:00
Subject: [OT] requiring files



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