Comments on: Temporarily change Ruby working directory http://www.dweebd.com/ruby/temporarily-change-ruby-working-directory/ Web Freshness Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: duncanbeevers http://www.dweebd.com/ruby/temporarily-change-ruby-working-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-226 duncanbeevers Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:05:52 +0000 http://www.dweebd.com/?p=147#comment-226 Thanks Mike, I should have known when I wanted to do this that Ruby would do the logical thing when handed a block. So nice! Thanks Mike,

I should have known when I wanted to do this that Ruby would do the logical thing when handed a block. So nice!

]]> By: Mike http://www.dweebd.com/ruby/temporarily-change-ruby-working-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Mike Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:51:37 +0000 http://www.dweebd.com/?p=147#comment-224 Duncan, you may not have realized that you can simplify this significantly as Dir.chdir already accepts a block: <code lang="ruby"> def with_cwd dir Dir.chdir dir do yield end end </code> It ensures that the current directory only changes for the context of the block. You can dispense with 'def with_cwd' and inline it as it is no longer necessary. Duncan, you may not have realized that you can simplify this significantly as Dir.chdir already accepts a block:
def with_cwd dir
  Dir.chdir dir do
    yield  
  end
end

It ensures that the current directory only changes for the context of the block. You can dispense with ‘def with_cwd’ and inline it as it is no longer necessary.

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