From: Albert Schlef <albertschlef@...>
Date: 2009-12-25T16:00:08+09:00
Subject: Re: How to get a file contained in a gem "lib" directory?

I単aki Baz Castillo wrote:
> 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
> 
[...]
> How would I get "myfile.xml" for the loaded "mylib" gem version?

You can put a method to return it in your mylib.rb:

def self.get_xml_pathname
  File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'mylib.xml')
end
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