From: dave.burt@... Date: 2005-12-07T07:57:34+09:00 Subject: Re: simple scope question You can't get quite the same scope. Check out Joel's "Script" library or use YAML or maybe even something simple like this: ----------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/env ruby # file1.rb def file1() "\nCheers,\nDave" end ----------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/env ruby # file2.rb eval File.read('file1.rb') puts file1 ----------------------------------------- C:/>file2.rb Cheers, Dave