From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-10-25T03:27:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting path of current script

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Joe Ruby MUDCRAP-CE wrote:

> Is there a simpler way to get the absolute path of the current script?
>
> path = File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__))
>
> File.dirname(__FILE__) by itself can return a relative or absolute path.
>
> Joe

just a note, what you have above is not the dir for the current script, it's
the dir for the current file - eg the value will be the same whether the file
is run or required/loaded.  for the current script you need

path = File.dirname(File.expand_path($0))

or

File.dirname($0)

-a
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