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Josh Lesch
Josh Lesch

Reputation: 405

How can a watir script open a file in a different folder?

I am having trouble opening a .txt file that is in a different set of folders than where I have my .rb test script. I have a file structure of different test categories and then one generic folder that holds data files like .txt and Excel files.

Example:

Test Scripts -> Data                     This is where the data files are saved
Test Scripts -> Home Page -> Checkout    This is where the .rb test file is

I am using this to open the .txt file now:

File.open("Data/activeSites.txt")

when the .rb is in the same folder as the Data folder.

Any suggestions?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 200

Answers (1)

Darshan Rivka Whittle
Darshan Rivka Whittle

Reputation: 34071

If I correctly understand what you're asking, the issue is that you want to move your Ruby script from TestScripts/ to TestScripts/HomePage/Checkout/ and aren't sure how to refer to the activeSites.txt file from there. Is that correct?

If so, you just need to know that ../ means "the parent directory", so you can use:

File.open("../../Data/activeSites.txt")

The first ../ refers to the Home Page folder, then the second takes you up one more level to the Test Scripts folder.

Upvotes: 1

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