From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2010-06-24T21:36:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Finding a project's root directory



On Jun 23, 7:02 pm, Tony Arcieri <tony.arci...@medioh.com> wrote:
> In cases where I actually need this, I usually have a "root" method defined
> on the class/module that represents the project.  This is usually calculated
> from __FILE__ based off the file where the "root" method is defined.  I
> prefer to have this be the only usage of __FILE__ in the entire project, if
> possible.

I need to find the root external to the project itself. In fact I
would be very weary of ever looking up a project's root from within
the project's code. Different install setups will not necessarily keep
a project intact.