If you mean the __FILE__ variable, it is a pseudo variable that contains the current source file name. So it will work even when used as the first line of a script.
It's really useful in cases like this, where you need to dynamically add dir names to the load path before you try to require other files. On 6/26/07, jim_matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Walter, > > I think I understand what you are trying to do here. The problem is that it > has to open a file first to get the line: > > $: << File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) > > So how do you get it to find that first file? > > Jim _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list Wtr-general@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
