Executing an Ironruby file from a console app

paul · March 21, 2009, 9:33pm

Hi all,

I have the following ruby code which runs in a console application:

require File.dirname(FILE) + ‘/lib/horn’
require File.dirname(FILE) + ‘/lib/dsl’

The file is named hornbuild.rb.

The main ruby file has a require directive for this hornbuild.rb like
so:

require ‘hornbuild’

I then execute the ruby file like this:

var engine = Ruby.CreateEngine();
engine.ExecuteFile(buildFilePath);

The problem is that I can only get this scenario to work by copying the
hornbuild.rb file and lib folder into the bin directory of the console
application.

Can I not put these files in the gems folder or something so they are
globally accessible.

If so, how can I achieve this?

Cheers

Paul

paul · March 21, 2009, 11:50pm

You can set load paths.

var engine = Ruby.CreateEngine();
var context = Ruby.GetExecutionContext(engine);
context.Loader.SetPaths(“C:\ironruby\lib”);

paul · March 22, 2009, 4:51am

ScriptEngine.SetSearchPaths should also work.

Tomas

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