How to make the path generic (RUBY)?

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This is how I am changing the directory path to the download folder.

Dir.chdir("C:/Users/abcd/Downloads/")

But this specific to a user. Is there is any way to make it more general?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9416578/relative-path-to-your-project-directory Is the best I can do without being able to see your attempted code — Dean Coakley, Mar 09 '18 at 11:44
Possible duplicate of [Relative path to your project directory](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9416578/relative-path-to-your-project-directory) — Pieter Herroelen, Mar 09 '18 at 14:57

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '18 at 12:18

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Use home method for Dir

Dir.chdir(Dir.home + '/Downloads')

answered Mar 09 '18 at 12:18

Ashik Salman

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '18 at 14:24

The "C:/Users/abcd/Downloads/" looks like the user directory for user abcd on windows. So I think this is a windows related question.

The Dir.home on my Windows-PC is U:/, not the user-directory.

But you can make use of ENV:

Dir.chdir(File.join(ENV['USERPROFILE'], 'Downloads'))

Just to be aware of: This changes the directory for the rest of your script. There is also a block-version of Dir.chdir.

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