Getting path of current script

Ruby
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Is there a simpler way to get the absolute path of the current script?

path = File.dirname(File.expand_path(FILE))

File.dirname(FILE) by itself can return a relative or absolute path.

Joe

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On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Joe R. MUDCRAP-CE wrote:

Is there a simpler way to get the absolute path of the current script?

path = File.dirname(File.expand_path(FILE))

File.dirname(FILE) by itself can return a relative or absolute path.

Joe

just a note, what you have above is not the dir for the current script,
it’s
the dir for the current file - eg the value will be the same whether the
file
is run or required/loaded. for the current script you need

path = File.dirname(File.expand_path($0))

or

File.dirname($0)

-a

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[email protected] wrote:

File.dirname($0)
I think the main problem is that the second solution is not an abs path
if you type “./script” or even “…/…/bin/script”.

Your first suggestion is what I would use personally.

-Nate