From: Erik Veenstra <pan@...>
Date: 2005-08-11T01:36:09+09:00
Subject: Re: require and relative paths

> 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?

 $: << File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__))
 require "Classes/Printer"

Skip the "./" part. "." is already added to $:

gegroet,
Erik V. - http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/