Kernel#require_relative

(::String feature) -> bool

require_relative(string) → true or false

VALUE
rb_f_require_relative(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
{
    VALUE base = rb_current_realfilepath();
    if (NIL_P(base)) {
        rb_loaderror("cannot infer basepath");
    }
    base = rb_file_dirname(base);
    return rb_require_string_internal(rb_file_absolute_path(fname, base), false);
}

Ruby tries to load the library named string relative to the directory containing the requiring file. If the file does not exist a LoadError is raised. Returns true if the file was loaded and false if the file was already loaded before.

See also #require #select #readlines #set_trace_func also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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