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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T11:30:59+00:00 2026-05-13T11:30:59+00:00

i discovered a problem when cron tries to run a ruby script which uses

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i discovered a problem when cron tries to run a ruby script which uses some library.

require "library"

#do some stuff

it complains about not being able to find library.rb

so i was wondering if i could do something like require “/var/dir/library.rb”

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    2026-05-13T11:31:00+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 11:31 am

    Yes, you can do that. You could also simply add the directory where your files are to the list of paths in $:, either with the -I argument, the RUBYLIB environment variable or just by doing $: << 'some_directory'.

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