From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2011-06-18T04:56:07+09:00
Subject: Re: default config file location

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On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 04:49:24AM +0900, Jeremy Bopp wrote:
> On 6/17/2011 14:45, Matthew K. Williams wrote:
> > On Sat, 18 Jun 2011, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there a "better" way to specify a default config file location than
> >> this?
> >>
> >>    File.expand_path('~') + "/#{filename}"
> >=20
> > Depending on the shell, '~' may not be defined.  $HOME is a better
> > choice generally.
>=20
> According to the documentation for File.expand_path, all that is
> required is that $HOME is set correctly.  It doesn't apparently use the
> shell to figure this out.  Chad's method even works on Windows. :-)

Do you know whether that's consistent across Ruby implementations (e.g,
Rubinius and JRuby)?  I imagine it is for Rubinius, at least, given the
project's focus on API consistency. . . .

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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