From: Stefan Lang <langstefan@...>
Date: 2005-11-17T17:29:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Determining the directory a script is running in

On Thursday 17 November 2005 07:48, Kev Jackson wrote:
> How can I find the directory that the current script is running
> from?
>
> I need to run a script and (without any arguments), assign a
> variable based on the directory that the script is being executed
> from, ie
>
> c:\my_dir> ruby script.rb
>
> -> @dir = c:\my_dir
>
> or in unix
>
> /home/kj/ruby-projects/ruby script.rb
>
> -> @dir = /home/kj/ruby-projects/
>
> I can't find what I'm looking for in the pickaxe, can anyone help
> out?

Dir.pwd is what you are looking for.

  $ cd /home/stefan/tmp
  $ irb
  irb(main):001:0> Dir.pwd
  => "/home/stefan/tmp"

-- 
Stefan