From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-08-11T01:01:10+09:00
Subject: Re: require and relative paths

francisrammeloo@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Suppose I have following code:
>
> require "./Classes/Printer" # My personal printer class
>
>
> Now if I want to run my program Ruby needs to find the Printer.rb file
> in the Classes directory. But if the script was run like this:
>
>> cd ~
>> ruby ~/rubydev/projects/texteditor/main.rb
>
>
> Then the current path will be ~ and Ruby won't find
> ./Classes/Printer.rb
> How do I solve this problem?

Did you try removing "./"?  Other than that, if directory "Classes" is
always relative to the script, you can use "require
File.join(File.basename($0), "Classes", "Printer")".  Btw, I think you
don't need the extension, Ruby will figure automatically.

Kind regards

    robert