`__FILE__` returns the path of the current Ruby script file.

One potentially significant problem is that, if using `binding.pry`, `__FILE__` evaluates to `(pry)`. It is potentially problematic to have `__FILE__` evaluate to different values depending on whether it is evaluated in the context of `binding.pry`. For example,

```
$stdout.print "****************************************\n\n"
$stdout.print "FILE: #{__FILE__}\n\n"
$stdout.print "****************************************\n\n"

binding.pry

```

When the script pauses at `binding.pry`, I get:

```
__FILE__
# >> (pry)

```

Does anyone know any mechanism to get the path of the current file even in the context of `binding.pry`?
['https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/53771718', 'https://Stackoverflow.com', 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6572871/']
Use `_file_` instead of `__FILE__`. For example, given two files:

```
# foo.rb
require 'pry'
require './bar'
binding.pry
b = Bar.new

```

and:

```
# bar.rb
require 'pry'
class Bar
  def initialize
    binding.pry
  end
end

```

Run them with `ruby foo.rb`:

```
ruby foo.rb

From: /Users/username/foo.rb @ line 3 :

    1:     require 'pry'
    2:     require './bar'
 => 3:     binding.pry
    4:     b = Bar.new

(main):1 ⇒ _file_
=> "/Users/username/foo.rb"
(main):2 ⇒ exit

From: /Users/username/bar.rb @ line 4 Bar#initialize:

    3: def initialize
 => 4:   binding.pry
    5: end

(#<Bar:0x00007fbb6caaff08>):1 ⇒ _file_
=> "/Users/username/bar.rb"

```

`_file_` and any other local variable names can be found in [`binding.local_variables`](https://ruby-doc.org/core-2.5.3/Binding.html#method-i-local_variables).
Sergio Tulentsev made a simple suggestion, assign `__FILE__` to a variable before invoking `binding.pry`.

anothermh, mentioned `_file_` which is available in binding pry.

In the end, I combined the two answers:

```
# When in the context of binding.pry, __FILE__ resolves to '(pry)',
# binding contains the local variable _file_ which always resolves to
# the current file, even when being evaluated in the context of binding.pry .
# _file_ is only available, in binding. This does the trick:

current_file = __FILE__.downcase == '(pry)' ? _file_ : __FILE__

```