From: Gudni Hilmarsson Date: 2007-12-24T21:14:51+09:00 Subject: Loading .rb files in IRb Hi.. I am trying to get IRb to load a file. I am running a fresh install of Mac OS X Leopard and I have updated my gems and RubyGems. Below is the Class file ( From the Pickaxe and saved under /Users/gudni/Song.rb ) and the results from my previous attempts. Attempt 1: >> load '/Users/gudni/Song.rb' --> LoadError: no such file to load -- /Users/gudni/Song.rb from (irb):3:in `load' from (irb):3 Attempt 2: >> require '/Users/gudni/Song.rb' -->LoadError: no such file to load -- /Users/gudni/Song.rb from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' from (irb):5 I can't get it to work. According to the pickaxe it should be enough to give the full path to the file, but it doesn't seem to work for me. Any help would be much appreciated :D P.S. Happy holidays :D class Song def initialize(name, artist, duration) @name = name @artist = artist @duration = duration end def to_s "Song: #@name--#@artist (#@duration)" end end Content of my $: >> puts $: /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/wirble-0.1.2/bin /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/wirble-0.1.2/. /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8 /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/powerpc-darwin9.0 /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/universal-darwin9.0 /Library/Ruby/Site /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/powerpc-darwin9.0 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin9.0 . => nil and my irbrc # Some default enhancements/settings for IRB, based on # http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/Irb/TipsAndTricks # Require RubyGems by default. require 'rubygems' require 'wirble' # Activate auto-completion. require 'irb/completion' # Use the simple prompt if possible. IRB.conf[:PROMPT_MODE] = :SIMPLE if IRB.conf[:PROMPT_MODE] == :DEFAULT # Setup permanent history. HISTFILE = "~/.irb_history" MAXHISTSIZE = 100 begin histfile = File::expand_path(HISTFILE) if File::exists?(histfile) lines = IO::readlines(histfile).collect { |line| line.chomp } puts "Read #{lines.nitems} saved history commands from '#{histfile}'." if $VERBOSE Readline::HISTORY.push(*lines) else puts "History file '#{histfile}' was empty or non-existant." if $VERBOSE end Kernel::at_exit do lines = Readline::HISTORY.to_a.reverse.uniq.reverse lines = lines[-MAXHISTSIZE, MAXHISTSIZE] if lines.nitems > MAXHISTSIZE puts "Saving #{lines.length} history lines to '#{histfile}'." if $VERBOSE File::open(histfile, File::WRONLY|File::CREAT|File::TRUNC) { |io| io.puts lines.join("\n") } end end -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.