From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2003-01-12T08:09:03+09:00
Subject: Re: 'require' search path

On Saturday 11 January 2003 04:23 am, Tim Bates wrote:
> I wish 'require' would count the current directory as the directory the
> file is in, rather than the directory the script is being run from.

wish granted:

module Kernel
  alias :require_basic :require
  def require(file_or_directory)
    if FileTest.directory?(file_or_directory)
      require "#{file_or_directory}/#{file_or_directory}"
    else
      fp = File.dirname(File.expand_path(file_or_directory))
      $: << fp
      r = require_basic file_or_directory
      i = $LOAD_PATH.index(fp)
      $LOAD_PATH.delete_at(i) if i
      return r
    end
  end
end

please test and improve upon. i have only done so minorly. notice also that it 
adds my much wished for ability to auto-require things like 'dbi/dbi' just by 
using 'dbi'.

this has been added to tomslib/rubylib (new release still pending)

-- 
tom sawyer, aka transami
transami@transami.net


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