how to invoke a rake file

[Thufir]

How is this rakefile invoked?

C:\code>
C:\code>rake
(in C:/code)
rake aborted!
Don't know how to build task 'default'

(See full trace by running task with --trace)

C:\code>
C:\code>type rakefile.rb
alias riginal_directory :directory
def directory(dir)
original_directory dir
Rake::Task[dir]
end


namespace :utils do
task :create_directories => [
directory('public/icons'),
directory('public/images'),
directory('public/groups'),
]
end
C:\code>

from:
http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/6/11/ruby-on-rails-rake-tutorial

thanks,

Thufir

 

[Michael Fellinger]

How is this rakefile invoked?

C:\code>
C:\code>rake
(in C:/code)
rake aborted!
Don't know how to build task 'default'

(See full trace by running task with --trace)

C:\code>
C:\code>type rakefile.rb
alias riginal_directory :directory
def directory(dir)
original_directory dir
Rake::Task[dir]
end


namespace :utils do
task :create_directories => [
directory('public/icons'),
directory('public/images'),
directory('public/groups'),
]
end
C:\code>

from:
http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/6/11/ruby-on-rails-rake-tutorial

[snip]
If I wanted to use Rake to call each of these tasks, I might create a
file called "Rakefile"
[/snip]
from:
http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/6/11/ruby-on-rails-rake-tutorial

 

[Mark Ryall]

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try:
rake utils:create_directories

 

[Thufir]

 C:\code>type rakefile.rb

[...]
If I wanted to use Rake to call each of these tasks, I might create a
file called "Rakefile"

[...]

It is


-Thufir

 

[Thufir]

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try:
rake utils:create_directories

[...]

Thanks, this worked on Windows


Why isn't it:

rake utils:create_directory


I thought it was just rails that did magic with plurals.




thanks,

Thufir

 

[Michael Fellinger]

C:\code>type rakefile.rb

[...]

If I wanted to use Rake to call each of these tasks, I might create a
file called "Rakefile"

[...]

It is

"rakefile.rb" == "Rakefile"
# false

it is?
And yeah, you gotta invoke a task like Mark says.

^ manveru

 

[Thufir]

"rakefile.rb" == "Rakefile"
# false

[...]

On my system at least rakefile.rb == Rakefile for these purposes.
Isn't that the case, or what did you mean? However, I wonder what
happens when there's rakefile.rb, Rakefile.rb and Rakefile as well as
rakefile and "rake" is run...


thufir@arrakis:~$
thufir@arrakis:~$ rake
rake aborted!
No Rakefile found (looking for: rakefile, Rakefile, rakefile.rb,
Rakefile.rb)
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rake.rb:1840:in `load_rakefile'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
thufir@arrakis:~$




-Thufir