From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2008-11-06T06:18:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question: Where to put library .rb files?

On Nov 4, 12:22 pm, Kenneth McDonald
<kenneth.m.mcdon...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> At our site, newly started using Ruby, we're now starting to get code  
> we'd like to make generally available via 'require'. What is the  
> standard location/method for doing this? Can it be done in such a  
> manner that rdoc and ri documentation is made available to the site,  
> preferably integrated with the rest of the ruby docs on this site?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken McDonald

The place you want is ruby\lib\ruby\site_ruby.

For example,  I have my home-grown utility Search.rb stored there,
which defines a Search class.  Then a Ruby program stored anywhere can
simply include:

require 'search' # case-insensitive on WinXP, e.g.
s = Seach.new # etc.

HTH,
Richard