From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2005-12-02T00:42:31+09:00
Subject: Re: How can I load my own files to ruby? (Win XP)

On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:25:00 -0000, Stephan.Kassel@gmx.de  
<Stephan.Kassel@gmx.de> wrote:

> I am just trying to get some knowledge in Ruby. For this I am playing
> with some tutorials.
>
> In the tutorial I have to save some code to a file and load it
> afterwards in the irb (with require).
>
> I don't want to mess up the installation, so I am saving all files
> under my own special directory E:/User/stk/Programming/Ruby.
>
> Which enviroment variable do I have to use? What shall I do?
>

(I don't know about Windows, but I expect it's the same in this regard?).

If you start IRB from that directory, you should be able to require your  
file with a simple:

require 'myfile'

assuming your file is named 'myfile.rb'. You can also give full  
path/filename to require I think.

Alternatively, a quick and dirty way in IRB is to just do:

$: << 'E:/User/stk/Programming/Ruby'			# ?slashes?

when you first run IRB. From then, your directory will be in the library  
search path.

(Aside: Stick with it - IRB will quickly become one of the most valuable  
tools you have when learning Ruby :))

-- 
Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk
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