From: Nigel Wilkinson <nigel@...>
Date: 2006-09-29T06:51:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby apps useing multiple files

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:36:44 +0900
"Jan Svitok" <jan.svitok@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/28/06, Nigel Wilkinson <nigel@waspz.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi folks
> >
> > I'm writing an app in ruby and want to split it into more than one
> > file to make it more manageable. How do I get the main file to
> > include the others. Do I use some sort of include, require or load
> > command or is there some sort of library command like TCL has.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Nigel
> 
> require 'filename' is the proper one. you can use load 'filename' if
> you want to reload the file each time load is called (require loads
> the file only once)
> 
> $: is load path, where require/load look for files (NB: it's an Array)
> 
> J.
Thanks for that, however the "is load path" reference confuses me, I
can't find a reference to it in "Ruby in a nutshell". Can you point me
to a reference please or give an example of its use.

Cheers
Nigel