From: "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@...>
Date: 2009-12-21T20:50:34+09:00
Subject: Re: How to get a file contained in a gem "lib" directory?  [SOLVED]

El Lunes, 21 de Diciembre de 2009, Iñaki Baz Castillo escribió:
> Hi, I've build a gem "mylib" which contains a file called "myfile.xml"
>  under "lib/mylib" dir. Let's imagine that depending on the environment it
>  is stored (after installed) in:
> 
>   /usr/local/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9/gems/mylib-1.0.1/lib/mylib/myfile.xml
> 
> But of course there could be different versions of the gem:
> 
>   /usr/local/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9/gems/mylib-1.0.0/lib/mylib/myfile.xml
>   /usr/local/lib/ruby1.9/gems/1.9/gems/mylib-1.0.1/lib/mylib/myfile.xml
> 
> Then I write a program which does:
> 
>   require "mylib"
> 
> so the latest version (1.0.1) is loaded.
> 
> How would I get "myfile.xml" for the loaded "mylib" gem version? I'm
>  looking for a Gem class method like "Gem.bin_path(gemname)" but I cannot
>  find it.

Found it:
  Gem.required_location(gemname,"")

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Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>