# Re: load unless requires - what are the ramifications

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-load-unless-requires-what-are-the-ramifications/94929>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 17, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-load-unless-requires-what-are-the-ramifications/94929 "2006-05-17T20:41:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-load-unless-requires-what-are-the-ramifications/94929/1 "2006-05-17T20:41:11Z")

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> of my question.
> 
> I downloaded a project from RubyForge and I’m playing around with the  
> scripts. I’m having trouble getting the tests to pass - some pass if  
> run from the main directory, others I have to be in the main/test  
> directory for them to work.

Some people are nice about letting tests run from the test or parent  
directory. Others assume you’ll run the tests with something like ‘ruby  
-I lib test/tc\_foo.rb’.

You shouldn’t need to hand edit the files at all, though your solution  
will work. Just use -I. See p. 178 of Pickaxe II for more info.

Regards,

Dan

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