# \_\_PATH\_\_ like \_\_FILE\_\_? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 2, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422 "2007-03-02T14:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Deniz_D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422/1 "2007-03-02T14:55:25Z")
Hello. I’m rather new to Ruby, so please bare with me. I just want to know if there is anything similar to **FILE** but which represents either the path to the directory which **FILE** lies in, or the **FILE** including the full path to the file? –Deniz D. ---
**Author:** ![Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Deniz_D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422/2 "2007-03-02T15:04:26Z")
On Mar 2, 2007, at 7:55 AM, Deniz D. wrote: > Hello. Hello. > I’m rather new to Ruby, so please bare with me. Welcome to Ruby then. > I just want to know if there is anything similar to **FILE** but > which represents either the path to the directory which **FILE** > lies in, or the **FILE** including the full path to the file? Just ask Ruby to expand it for you: File.expand\_path( **FILE** ) Hope that helps. James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Deniz_D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422/3 "2007-03-02T15:07:27Z")
Le vendredi 02 mars 2007 14:55, Deniz D. a écrit : > Hello. > I’m rather new to Ruby, so please bare with me. I just want to know if > there is anything similar to **FILE** but which represents either the > path to the directory which **FILE** lies in, or the **FILE** including > the full path to the file? > > –Deniz D. You have to use the File.expand\_path to do this : File.expand\_path( **FILE** ) File.dirname(File.expand\_path( **FILE** )) ---
**Author:** ![Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Deniz_D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422/4 "2007-03-02T15:13:27Z")
On 3/2/07, Deniz D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello. > I’m rather new to Ruby, so please bare with me. I just want to know if > there is anything similar to **FILE** but which represents either the > path to the directory which **FILE** lies in, or the **FILE** including > the full path to the file? > > –Deniz D. Deniz; Take a look at the ‘pathname’ library included with ruby: [http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/pathname/rdoc/classes/Pathname.html](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/pathname/rdoc/classes/Pathname.html) You should be able to get all that information by combining it with **FILE** : ``` path = Pathname.new( __FILE__ ) p path.dirname p path.expand_path # ... ``` ---
**Author:** ![Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Deniz_D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422/5 "2007-03-02T15:18:29Z")
Olivier R. wrote: > You have to use the File.expand\_path to do this : > > File.expand\_path( **FILE** ) > File.dirname(File.expand\_path( **FILE** )) Or: File.expand\_path( **FILE** +’/…’) 😉 Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Deniz_D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422/6 "2007-03-02T15:27:30Z")
On Mar 2, 8:55 am, Deniz D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello. > I’m rather new to Ruby, so please bare with me. I just want to know if > there is anything similar to **FILE** but which represents either the > path to the directory which **FILE** lies in, or the **FILE** including > the full path to the file? I suggested the same a while back as **DIR**. I too think it would be a good thing to have. T. ---
**Author:** ![Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Deniz_D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422/7 "2007-03-02T15:15:29Z")
Olivier R. wrote: > File.expand\_path( **FILE** ) > File.dirname(File.expand\_path( **FILE** )) Thanks to both of you. ---
**Author:** ![Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Deniz_D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422/8 "2007-03-02T16:16:34Z")
On 3/3/07, Daniel DeLorme [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Daniel Or even: File.expand\_path(‘…’, **FILE** ) Oh, the choices! George. ---
**Author:** ![Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Deniz\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Deniz_D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/path-like-file/87422/9 "2007-03-02T20:29:17Z")
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 12:15:31AM +0900, George O. wrote: > > 😉 > > > > Daniel > > Or even: > > File.expand\_path(’…’, **FILE** ) Ooh, that one’s pretty.