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On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:36, I think Ben Tilly wrote:
> Holden Glova <dsafari / paradise.net.nz> wrote:
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> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >This has confused me before and I don't know why this is
> >happening. I have other code examples that show the exact
> >same thing that I have done, and they seem to work without
> >a hitch - I am clearly missing something so fundamentally
> >stupid that I'm going to kick myself when I am corrected :)
>
> I think we have all done that...
>
> >This involves 3 files, they are structured as follows:
> >
> >code_dir
> >
> >      ----- testing_dir
> >
> >My testing_dir has one script (we'll call it "testScript")
> >in it that will test code one level above it. I refer to
> >that code with
> >require "../file_i'm_testing"
>
> Which loads that file but doesn't change your current working
> directory.

Bingo! Thank you very much Ben. I had previously examinied $: and noted that 
.. was in my path, which is why I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. 

Thank you very much for your help.

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Signed,
Holden Glova
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