From: Trans Date: 2006-08-14T07:15:04+09:00 Subject: Re: sh command that ascends dir tree for executable Thanks Jeffrey and Ken. I was thinking maybe there was a util for this already but I suppose not. I wrote code like this: Dir.chdir('..') until File.exectuable?( file ) It does change the directory, but for my purposes that's okay. See any problems with that? Work with Windows okay? Thanks, T.