From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2003-01-12T10:23:16+09:00
Subject: Re: 'require' search path

On Saturday, 11 January 2003 at 20:23:51 +0900, 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. My test 
> scripts do
> 

I have my make file that runs my tests create a directory
with a parallel structure that parallels the installed
directory tree. In this directory I put soft links to the
local files.  This way I can test the new code in any directory, 
even while old code is installed.  Using this method I don't have 
to have special require code nor do I have to modify the source.

EG.
  make test

will create

  mylib
    +-myclass1.rb->/path/to/myclass1.rb   # soft link
    +-myclass2.rb->/path/to/myclass2.rb   # soft link

and will run

  ruby -I mylib ts_mycode.rb
  
To run code that is installed, just run without the -I.

-- 
Jim Freeze
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