From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2007-01-28T16:01:03+09:00
Subject: Re: best way to access directory relational to current file

phil.swenson@gmail.com wrote:
> 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.

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I think you want File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))

Regards,

Dan