From: unbewusst.sein@... (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Une_B=E9vue?=)
Date: 2010-05-15T19:10:13+09:00
Subject: Re: difference between $0 and __FILE__

Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:

> 
> Because the shell will also expand full names.  How does your PATH look
> like?  I assume you set something like PATH="${PATH}:${HOME}/bin" - in
> that case you'll have the absolute path to ~/bin in your PATH and 
> consequently the script is invoked with absolute path.
> 
> > in fact i'm looking that because i do have Ruby class extension in a
> > subfolder of "HOME/bin", namely :
> > HOME/bin/ruby_ext
> > where i put my extension for classes of which i could require :
> > require "#{File.dirname($0)}/ruby_ext/ansi_color"
> >
> > what's the best way to require in that case, does i need an "absolute
> > path (starting from / ) or not ?


OK, i see.

> IMHO the best way is to define a local location of library files and set
> RUBYLIB to that directory (I use "$HOME/lib/ruby" for that because I 
> prefer to have lib code separate from programs, but in your case you 
> could also use "$HOME/bin").
> 
> If you want to do it on a per script basis you could do this at the 
> beginning of your script (i.e. before any requires):
> 
> $:.unshift "/your/folder/here"

fine thanks !
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