rake finds & runs task, but doesn't show in --tasks list

[Hugh J. Devlin]

hi, rake & ruby-talk newbie, a boy's 1st rake task, lib/tasks/load.rake:

namespace :load do
task :hello_world do |t|
puts 'hello, world!'
end
end

runs fine:

# rake load:hello_world
(in ... )
hello, world!

but it's a no-show in rake --tasks, which just shows the standard rails
tasks

the task is not listed even when rake is pointed directly at the rake file:

# rake -f lib/tasks/load.rake --tasks
(in ... )

w/ or w/o explicit namespace in rake file doesn't help it show up in
--tasks

rake 0.8.3, rails 2.1.1, ruby 1.8, fedora 9

what am i doing wrong? thanks in advance. sorry if this is a FAQ.

Hugh

 

[Joe Swatosh]

Hi Hugh,

hi, rake & ruby-talk newbie, a boy's 1st rake task, lib/tasks/load.rake:

namespace :load do

# try this:
desc "hello world"

task :hello_world do |t|
puts 'hello, world!'
end
end

Good luck,

 

[Mohit Sindhwani]

Hi Hugh,



# try this:
desc "hello world"

I think this is good reading:
http://railsenvy.com/2007/6/11/ruby-on-rails-rake-tutorial

Cheers,
Mohit.
11/15/2008 | 3:42 PM.

 

[Hugh J. Devlin]

thanks, Joe! that did the trick

("Only tasks with descriptions will be displayed with the "-T" switch. "
- missed that)