From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2007-03-24T01:58:01+09:00
Subject: Re: How to share a collection of model files across many apps?

Elliott Blatt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got three files that (a.rb, b.rb, c.rb) that currently live in
> app/models.
> I'd like these models to shared by multiple rails apps. These models are
> associated with a separate database.
> 
> My rails projects are contained in a directory that looks like this:
> 
> projects/
> 
> proj1/ proj2/ proj3/ common/
> 
> 
> common/
>  a.rb b.rb c.rb
> 
> 
> My idea is to do this:
> 
> In proj1/lib/, symlink to ../../common/
> 
> lib/
>   common/   (which is a symlink)
> 
> 
> My question is:
> How do I tell rails to load the files pointed to by the symlink named
> 'common' in the lib directory?

First, you might want to ask this at the Rails Mailinglist.

Secondly, your solution wouldn't be portable, as only Unixes (MacOS, 
HP-UX, OpenSolaris, Linux) understand symlinks. Windows doesn't 
understand POSIX symlinks at all.


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