Question

I just have a problem with a ruby script

I just want to change the directory where the following command would be executed

I try this code but it didn’t work

  puts "Nom du dossier svn?"
  @dossier = gets.chomp
  system("cd #{@dossier}")

(it’s in french because i’m french ^^)

Someone can help me ?

Thank you

Answer 1

Use the Dir.chdir function.

When you do:

system("cd dir")

This in effect starts a shell, that shell changes to the given directory and promptly exits. It has no effect whatsoever on the calling process (your ruby script).