From: Rick Ashton Date: 2006-07-18T05:49:49+09:00 Subject: Re: Interactive mode Thanks guys But it still doesn't load the file into the current scope as I mentioned before. Is there some way to do this? ie: $ echo a=5 > blah.rb $ irb -r blah.rb irb(main):001:0> a NameError: undefined local variable or method `a' for main:Object from (irb):1 Thanks! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.