From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2009-03-02T09:16:28+09:00
Subject: Re: $LOAD_PATH best practice?

Burdette Lamar wrote:
>  The local filetree corresponding to source control is not in the same location on all machines.
> 
> Therefore, the needed Ruby $LOAD_PATH varies from one machine to another.
> 
> I can control this from a script of course.  I can, for example, addthis to the top of a script that's two levels below the 'root':
> 
>     require 'pathname'
>     home_path = Pathname.new(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../..')).realpath
>     $LOAD_PATH.push home_path unless ($LOAD_PATH.index(home_path))
> 
> This works, but is it best?  Is there best practice for this sort ofthing?
> 
> Thanks, Burdette
> 
> 
> 
>       

You can also modify the load path by setting the RUBYLIB environment 
variable, or by using the -I option on the command line. Since the load 
path is constant on a machine, I'd argue for setting RUBYLIB instead of 
modifying every script.

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