From: "phil.swenson@..." <phil.swenson@...>
Date: 2007-01-28T15:55:18+09:00
Subject: best way to access directory relational to current file

I'm trying to find the full path to a file. File.dirname(__FILE__) 
always returns ".", which doesn't really do me any good.  The working 
directory is not always the same as where the file is, so I can't use 
the "." in any useful way.

What I'm trying to do is locate where a particular file is because I 
know where other files are in relation to this particular file.  I 
don't know what the working directory will be though, anyone could 
execute the ruby file originating from any location.

Thanks for any thoughts....

phil