> I've never seen that require in any gems on the web That's because most of the time when you require something, it is a gem, and gems are installed in specific directories that ruby searches when you require something. You can see a list of the directories ruby searches when you require something by doing this:
p $LOAD_PATH If one of those directories isn't your current directory, and you want to require a file in your current directory, then your require has to specify the path(absolute or relative) to the file. require './your_file.rb' -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.