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coder

14 Nov, 2011 01:53 AM

Can someone please confirm if I am using the following directories correctly?

bin directory: purposed for executable files? I am planning on placing my C library in here
ext directory: purposed for extension files? I am planning on placing my ruby extension c files in here

Thanks in advance!

1. Support Staff 2 Posted by Eric Hodel on 14 Nov, 2011 08:41 PM

   

   The bin should only contain executable ruby programs. If you place library files here they will not be usable by users. If you place non-ruby executable programs they will not be usable by users by default.

   The ext directory should contain your C extension. The extconf.rb and other files for the C extension should be in a subdirectory of ext/ like ext/my_extension/extconf.rb and ext/my_extension/my_extension.c

   If you're packaging as a precompiled extension you should place the compiled library in lib.

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2. 3 Posted by coder on 14 Nov, 2011 09:42 PM

   

   Thank you for clarifying.

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3. Nick Quaranto closed this discussion on 08 Dec, 2011 02:32 AM.

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