# Ruby 1.9 Old School $LOAD\_PATH

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-old-school-load-path/191212>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 7, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-old-school-load-path/191212 "2010-07-07T16:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-old-school-load-path/191212/1 "2010-07-07T16:35:55Z")

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In Ruby 1.9+ is there a way to get the $LOAD\_PATH without the gem  
entries? I need access to the old-school style load path.

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**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-9-old-school-load-path/191212/2 "2010-07-07T17:02:16Z")

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On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Intransition [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> In Ruby 1.9+ is there a way to get the $LOAD\_PATH without the gem  
> entries? I need access to the old-school style load path.

just a hunch,

(x=$LOAD\_PATH)-x.grep(/gems|vendor/)

kind regards -botp