From: Reprisal <nepenthereprisal@...>
Date: 2006-09-29T07:03:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby apps useing multiple files

the global variable $:
is a synonym for $LOAD_PATH
which is an array of paths to search for required/loaded files

On Sep 28, 2006, at 5:51 PM, Nigel Wilkinson wrote:

> 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
>