Rails - Feb 2006 - How to get RAILS_ROOT when writing a ruby utility in /lib

Hi, Im writing a small ruby utility which at the moment is in /lib of my 
rails app. However I don''t get access to var''s like
RAILS_ROOT, do I
need to add an include to get this (and possibily other) rails 
functionality?

Is /lib the right place for this kind of app, its a single ruby class 
which I call from the command line. Would a rake file be better for this 
kind of thing? Can rake''s run ruby code,, im guessing yes?

Many thanks, K.

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i put my utility scripts in the script directory.  for me, a utility script
is something that i need to run at the command line or in cron (ex: clearing
out old session files)

put this at the top of your script:

# load application environment
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''/../config/environment''

this will give you access to the RAILS_ROOT constant.


you also might be interested in script/runner

Chris

On 2/17/06, Peter Piper <peter@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Im writing a small ruby utility which at the moment is in /lib of my
> rails app. However I don''t get access to var''s like
RAILS_ROOT, do I
> need to add an include to get this (and possibily other) rails
> functionality?
>
> Is /lib the right place for this kind of app, its a single ruby class
> which I call from the command line. Would a rake file be better for this
> kind of thing? Can rake''s run ruby code,, im guessing yes?
>
> Many thanks, K.
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Many thanks Chris!

Chris Hall wrote:
> i put my utility scripts in the script directory.  for me, a utility 
> script
> is something that i need to run at the command line or in cron (ex: 
> clearing
> out old session files)
> 
> put this at the top of your script:
> 
> # load application environment
> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''/../config/environment''
> 
> this will give you access to the RAILS_ROOT constant.
> 
> 
> you also might be interested in script/runner
> 
> Chris

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Chris Hall wrote:
> 
> put this at the top of your script:
> 
> # load application environment
> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''/../config/environment''
> 
> this will give you access to the RAILS_ROOT constant.
> 
> 
> you also might be interested in script/runner
Using script/runner still doesn''t give access to RAILS_ROOT and other 
config stuff (I kinda think it should), so the require is still 
required.

Joe


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