specifying path

[joey eisma]

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on windows..i was trying to do a require("path to .rb"). how do you say "c:\my ruby stuff\myprogram.rb"?

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[Jano Svitok]

on windows..i was trying to do a require("path to .rb"). how do you say "c:\my ruby stuff\myprogram.rb"?

Use forward slashes (/), or double backslashes (\\). Backslash is
escape char (used for \n newline, \t tab char, etc. So to obtain the
backslash itself you have to write it twice.

Note: generally it's best to avoid spaces in paths, but it should work
with them as well.