Hello, everyone!
Inspired by this question, what's the Ruby way to do this?
+11
A:
File.dirname(__FILE__) will give you the path relative to the script being run.
File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) will give you the absolute path.
ba
2010-02-05 11:17:42
+1
A:
ENV["PWD"] seems the simplest way for me under Linux. I don't know of an OS-agnostic way.
Shadowfirebird
2010-02-05 11:18:55
Thanks! Good for my Linux-specific general knowledge.
java.is.for.desktop
2010-02-05 11:21:11
That's the home directory, not the current working directory or the directory where the script is located.
Matthew Flaschen
2010-02-05 11:21:33
B*gger, lack of sleep will do that. I meant ENV["PWD"] of course. But ba's answer is way better.
Shadowfirebird
2010-02-05 11:24:28
Please edit the answer then!
java.is.for.desktop
2010-02-05 11:26:36
Isn't that simply the working directory of the process? I thought that the OP wanted the directory containing the script.
D.Shawley
2010-02-05 12:23:01
No, the process could execute an external script from elsewhere.
java.is.for.desktop
2010-02-05 12:40:28
Or `Dir.pwd` to get the current working directory...
kejadlen
2010-02-05 14:25:18