# Ruby in non-existing directory

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-in-non-existing-directory/161587>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 27, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-in-non-existing-directory/161587 "2009-02-27T17:12:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-in-non-existing-directory/161587/1 "2009-02-27T17:12:47Z")

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% mkdir foo  
% cd foo  
% rmdir …/foo  
% ruby -ve ‘’  
ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-02-28 trunk 22669) [i686-linux]  
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% /home/ruby/191p0/ruby-1.9.1-p0/miniruby -e ‘require “tmpdir”’  
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