# \[Bug #2474\] The \_\_FILE\_\_ constant equals a relative path when required using a relative path FAILED

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2474-the-file-constant-equals-a-relative-path-when-required-using-a-relative-path-failed/180125>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [December 12, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2474-the-file-constant-equals-a-relative-path-when-required-using-a-relative-path-failed/180125 "2009-12-12T05:11:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2474-the-file-constant-equals-a-relative-path-when-required-using-a-relative-path-failed/180125/1 "2009-12-12T05:11:59Z")

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Bug #2474: The **FILE** constant equals a relative path when required  
using a relative path FAILED on 1.8.8dev  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2474](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2474)

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1.8.8  
ruby -v: ruby 1.8.8dev (2009-12-07 revision 26034) [i386-darwin9.8.0]

Ruby  
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$ cat a.rb  
[19:50:07]  
p **FILE**  
require **FILE**  
$ ruby187 -v a.rb  
[20:00:31]  
ruby 1.8.7 (2009-07-30 patchlevel 192) [i686-darwin9.7.0]  
“a.rb”  
“./a.rb”  
“./a.rb”  
$ ruby188 -v a.rb  
[20:00:37]  
ruby 1.8.8dev (2009-12-07 revision 26034) [i386-darwin9.8.0]  
“a.rb”  
“/Users/ujihisa/a.rb”  
“/Users/ujihisa/a.rb”

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**Author:** ![ujihisa\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/8edcca/32.png) [@ujihisa\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ujihisa_S)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2474-the-file-constant-equals-a-relative-path-when-required-using-a-relative-path-failed/180125/2 "2009-12-13T08:36:27Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #2474 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Nobuyoshi N.)

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[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2474](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2474)

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**Author:** ![ujihisa\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/8edcca/32.png) [@ujihisa\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ujihisa_S)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2474-the-file-constant-equals-a-relative-path-when-required-using-a-relative-path-failed/180125/3 "2009-12-13T10:32:54Z")

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[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2474](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2474)