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__FILE__, __dir__, and Symlinks

August 5, 2024

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Hi, I'm Chris. I'm the creator of GoRails, Hatchbox.io and Jumpstart. I spend my time creating tutorials and tools to help Ruby on Rails developers build apps better and faster.

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Ruby's __FILE__ and __dir__ work slightly differently with symlinks that you might not realize. Let's check see how it works.

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