> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamal Mazrui [mailto:Jamal.Mazrui / fcc.gov] 
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 9:54 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Full paths of Ruby interpreter and running script
> 
> 
> I've looked through and experimented with predefined global 
> constants, but so far have not figured how to get the full 
> path and name of the Ruby interpreter and/or main script file 
> from within a running program. I want to distribute a program 
> that can be installed in a folder chosen by the user.  The 
> program would save configuration information in the same 
> folder. In order to find the configuration file at runtime, I 
> thought I would query the full path of the Ruby interpreter 
> or script file.  In case it makes a difference, I'm using Windows.
> 
> Jamal

Is this what you're after?

require 'rbconfig'
include Config

puts CONFIG['bindir'] # c:/ruby/bin

Regards,

Dan