From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-04-18T05:28:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Full paths of Ruby interpreter and running script

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamal Mazrui [mailto:Jamal.Mazrui@fcc.gov] 
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 1:47 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: Full paths of Ruby interpreter and running script

<snip>
 
> Windows has an API function, GetModuleFileName , that returns 
> the full path of the running executable.  I may be able to 
> wrap an API call using the Win32API library, but prefer a 
> native Ruby approach if possible.
> 
> Jamal

Yep, that'll work.  For anyone who's curious:

require 'Win32API'

buf = 0.chr * 260
GetModuleFileName = Win32API.new('kernel32', 'GetModuleFileName', 'LPL',
'L')

GetModuleFileName.call(0, buf, buf.size)
puts buf.strip # "c:\\ruby\\bin\\ruby.exe"

That being said, I *thought* there was a way to do this from within Ruby
(without resorting to Win32API) but I can't think of it now, assuming it
exists.

Regards,

Dan