From: dusty <dusty.doris@...>
Date: 2008-12-15T04:47:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Command line utilities in rubygems?

On Dec 14, 2:14 am, Ch Ba <navo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One more quick question if you don't mind, I had been executing the
> executable from the base directory of the project, and using "require
> 'lib/foo.rb'. Obviously this no longer works, how would I access
> "foo.rb" in it's new location after it is installed through a gem?
> Sorry, I'm new to this whole gem thing =)
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

In the spec we have:

  s.require_path = "lib"
  s.autorequire = "some_gem"

So, when you require rubygems, it will know how to find your new gem.
Then, when you require 'some_gem', it will look in the require_path
based off the root of your gem and automatically require some_gem.rb.
In this case it would be lib/some_gem.rb.

So, in the executable, you can simply require your gem.

Here is an example of what the executable could look like, assuming
you have a class method called do_something that is doing what you
need.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'some_gem'

SomeGem.do_something