setting RUBYLIB in a script

[aidy]

I have scripts in 2 different windows folders

C:\Documents and Settings .....\E2\Customers
C:\Documents and Settings .....\E2\Employers

Now, I want to run a script in 'Employers' that requires scripts from
'Customers'.

In my 'Employers' script at the very top I have put this:

ENV['RUBYLIB'] = "..\MaintainEmpsInRoles"
require 'all_libs' # this is in 'Customers'folder

I am getting a syntax error. I have looked at pickaxe, but I don't feel
it is fully explained.

Thanks

Aidy

 

[aidy]

sorry, I meant this variable assignment.

ENV['RUBYLIB'] = "..\Customers"

 

[zycte]

The standard way of doing this would be:

$:.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "Customers")

This is an almost literal extract from the pickaxe book, in which they
refer to it as "load path magic".

The reason you get a syntax error is because you use \ in a string,
which is reserved for escaping. Use "\\" to get a string containing a
single backslash.

sorry, I meant this variable assignment.

ENV['RUBYLIB'] = "..\Customers"

I have scripts in 2 different windows folders

C:\Documents and Settings .....\E2\Customers
C:\Documents and Settings .....\E2\Employers

Now, I want to run a script in 'Employers' that requires scripts from
'Customers'.

In my 'Employers' script at the very top I have put this:

ENV['RUBYLIB'] = "..\MaintainEmpsInRoles"
require 'all_libs' # this is in 'Customers'folder

I am getting a syntax error. I have looked at pickaxe, but I don't feel
it is fully explained.

Thanks

Aidy