From: Jamis Buck <jamis.buck@...>
Date: 2009-06-26T22:08:45+09:00
Subject: Re: External prog get file from main dir, want file in diff dir

Dir.chdir() should do what you want, e.g.:

 system("pwd")
 Dir.chdir("CaseX") { system("pwd") }

Within the block, the working directory is the argument to Dir.chdir.
When the block finishes, the working directory is automatically reset
to what it was before.

- Jamis

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Kga Agk<lord_kga@yahoo.no> wrote:
>
> I am running a external program(2) from another ruby program (1). This
> external program requre a local file (the file must lay in the prog 1
> dir) . It uses some kind of custom get comand to get this file.
>
> Say my dir is calld TestCase
>
> Then this fle must be in TesCase/file.txt
>
>
> But i want to store the file in TestCase/CaseX/file.txt (or in some
> other folder)
>
>
> The problem is that i cant change the extern program, and it asks for
> the file to be in TestCase folder.
>
> Some code almost similar to the code in the extern program (I cant
> change it):
> up = some proxy method to connect to user
> input up.getfile("file.txt")
>
> How do i redirect the extern programs file request to another folder.
> And i cant change the externprogram.
>
> Is ther som way to do it, or must i give up and just keep all files
> cluttered in the main prog directory?
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>