how to setup path

[Junkone]

how to setup the ruby path that my code can look at runtime for the
libraries.

 

[Thomas Adam]

Hi --

how to setup the ruby path that my code can look at runtime for the
libraries.

If it's a non-standard path, try:

$LOAD_PATH.unshift( '/some/path/to/wherever' )
require 'mylib'

-- Thomas Adam

 

[Michael Linfield]

ruby path

correct me if im wrong but wouldnt you just use the shebang? Of course
this would be if your libraries were in fact still in the default ruby
installation folders, the only reason you would need to use this would
be if u moved the entire ruby folder elsewhere. Sorry Thomas if this is
what u were explaining.

#!/path/name/here

 

[Thomas Adam]

correct me if im wrong but wouldnt you just use the shebang? Of course
this would be if your libraries were in fact still in the default ruby
installation folders, the only reason you would need to use this would
be if u moved the entire ruby folder elsewhere. Sorry Thomas if this is
what u were explaining.

Changing the shebang would only change where to find the ruby
interpreter, _not_ where Ruby itself looked for its libraries. Of
course, there's every need during development to have various files
under some non-standard location (such as
~/projects/ruby/my_new_library) -- it is at this point that adding to
$LOAD_PATH is the right thing to do.

-- Thomas Adam

 

[Michael Linfield]

Changing the shebang would only change where to find the ruby
interpreter, _not_ where Ruby itself looked for its libraries. Of
course, there's every need during development to have various files
under some non-standard location (such as
~/projects/ruby/my_new_library) -- it is at this point that adding to
$LOAD_PATH is the right thing to do.

-- Thomas Adam

Thanks, good to know!

 

[Paul]

C:\Documents and Settings\user>irb
irb(main):001:0> $:
=> ["c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8", "c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
i386-msvcr
t", "c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby", "c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8", "c:/ruby/lib/
ruby/1.8/
i386-mswin32", "."]
irb(main):002:0> $: << 'c:/mylib'
=> ["c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8", "c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
i386-msvcr
t", "c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby", "c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8", "c:/ruby/lib/
ruby/1.8/
i386-mswin32", ".", "c:/mylib"]