From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2010-01-03T03:45:19+09:00
Subject: Re: How to get the directory of the current script?

Phillip Gawlowski wrote:
> On 02.01.2010 03:33, Kimball Johnson wrote:
>> As to getting the parent directory of a file, try this:
>>
>> File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__))
>>
>> or for the absoluter path:
>>
>> File.expand_path(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__)))
>>
>> dumb but smart?
> 
> require "futils"
> puts Dir.pwd

Note 1: the process's current working directory is in general unrelated 
to the directory where the script itself is located.

Note 2: you don't need to load any library to get access to Dir.pwd
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