Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: 7stud -- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: Beginner's Beginner Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:23:53 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4a277f7435d09ffe2508e24ebe321c96@ruby-forum.com> References: <5eb7523dd74392a56e954a3486b4830f@ruby-forum.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1302564243 27656 65.111.164.187 (11 Apr 2011 23:24:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:24:03 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 381309 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: <4a277f7435d09ffe2508e24ebe321c96@ruby-forum.com> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:2644 7stud -- wrote in post #992150: > 1) Add the directory containing the file you want to require() to the > directories that are searched by default: > > $LOAD_PATH << "/some_dir/sub_dir/my_ruby_programs/" > $LOAD_PATH is an array, and the << is like calling push() on an array--for instance: arr.push(additional_element) The result is that the $LOAD_PATH array will contain an additional string, which is the name of the directory you want to add. However, the $LOAD_PATH array will be changed only for the duration of your program; when you run another program, the $LOAD_PATH array will be reconstructed with the default directories plus whatever directory is the current directory. > For a more permanent solution, you can also: > > 2) Add the directory containing the file you want to require, to your > system's PATH environment variable. > > 3) Create a new environment variable called RUBYPATH, which specifies > additional directories that you want ruby to search. > > -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.