From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-11-06T22:25:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Paths, gentleman, paths

On 06.11.2006 14:13, Ohad Lutzky wrote:
> I have this bit of code in the beginning of an application I'm writing 
> (in main.rb):
> 
>   require 'pathname'
> 
>   p = Pathname.new($0)
> 
>   if p.basename.to_s == 'main.rb'
>     Dir.chdir p.parent.to_s
>   end
> 
>   require 'gui/main_window'
>   ... # (rest of requires, application itself)
> 
> The check whether it's "main.rb" or not is so this doesn't happen for 
> Rake. Now, it works well, but it's ugly. The reason I don't just go 
> ahead and use ':' is that I use glade, as well as some other files which 
> I need to be able to find. This is currently in development, so I'd 
> prefer to avoid forcing people to install the program in predetermined 
> locations (/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/share/my_app_files, et cetera).
> 
> Any cleaner solution?
> 

Dir.chdir( File.dirname( $0 ) ) if File.basename $0 == 'main.rb'

or

dir, file = File.split $0
Dir.chdir dir if file == 'main.rb'

Cheers

	robert