------_ extPart_001_01C62E75.6DD7A6C4 Content-Type: text/plain Thanks, Dir.pwd is what I was looking for. Bernd -----Original Message----- From: James Edward Gray II [mailto:james / grayproductions.net] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:03 AM To: ruby-talk ML Subject: Re: How to find the current path? On Feb 10, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Paatsch, Bernd wrote: > Hello, > > I am fairly new to ruby and wonder if there is a class/method that > returns the absolute path of the current directory (the directory I > execute the ruby script from)? I believe this is what you are after: $ ruby -e 'p Dir.pwd' "/Users/james" Hope that helps. James Edward Gray II ------_ extPart_001_01C62E75.6DD7A6C4--