From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2006-10-10T12:05:10+09:00
Subject: Re: packaging hybrid extension?

On 10/9/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Rick DeNatale wrote:
>
> > On 10/9/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov <ara.t.howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
> >
> >>    this = File.dirname __FILE__
> >>    archdir = File.join this, arch
> >>
> >>    lib = File.join archdir, "foo.#{ dlext }"
> >>    require lib
> >
> > The problem is that __FILE__ only has the file name, not the path, so
> >
> > File.dirname(__FILE__) => '.'
>
> na.  it's always relative to the current directory, so you just need to expand
> it (i forgot this part - sorry)
>
>
>    mussel:~ > cat /tmp/b.rb
>    puts File.dirname((__FILE__))
>
>    mussel:~ > ruby /tmp/b.rb
>    /tmp
>
>
>
>    mussel:~ > cat /tmp/a.rb
>    puts File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__))
>
>    mussel:~ > ruby /tmp/b.rb
>    /tmp
>
>    mussel:~ > ruby -I/tmp -r a.rb -e nil
>    /tmp
>
>
> i use this technique all over the place for relative requires:
>
>    http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/rq/rq-2.3.4/lib/rq-2.3.4.rb
>
>
> sorry for confusion.

Excellent!  Thanks Ara.

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