[Ruby] is there a conf dir mechanism for a gem?

[Mike Mondragon]

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File.dirname(__FILE__)

On 2/21/07, Mike Mondragon <mikemondragon at gmail.com> wrote:
> I looked through the manuals on rubygems.org and my PickAxe book and
> couldn't find a specific answer to this question.
>
> I'm building a gem that will ship with some yaml based config files.
> The config files hold strings that will be consumed by a Regexp.   I
> want users to be be able to modify and/or add strings to the
> configuration at its installation point after this gem is installed if
> they so choose.
>
> Is it possible for the gem to programmatically know where its
> installation is located at (environment variable, helper class, etc.)?
>  If there is then I'll be able to load the default config yaml in a
> relative manner.
>
> If there is a specific "gem"-way to install and load default
> configurations specific to the gem then please educate me about it.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>


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