# Ruby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1109 [Latest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1110 --- ## [Ruby reading files in many directories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-reading-files-in-many-directories/139555)
**Author:** [@gluni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gluni)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-reading-files-in-many-directories/139555 "2008-06-05T20:15:24Z")
Hi, i have a question. I have a working script, that scans some txt files in a directory ,reads the lines and gives a few of that lines out in new files. But now, i wanted to scan the full subdirectorys for txt files… --- ## [Faster csv issue](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/faster-csv-issue/139562)
**Author:** [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/faster-csv-issue/139562 "2008-06-05T19:30:46Z")
not sure why fastercsv cannot parse this. cannot find anything wrong with my code either. why does it show invalid arguement. for eg puts ie.text “ClientAccountID”,“CurrencyPrimary”,“AssetClass”,“Symbol”,“OptionFuture… --- ## [Help with WIN32OLE and WIN32OLE\_EVENT.new, second post!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-win32ole-and-win32ole-event-new-second-post/139645)
**Author:** [@3nd3r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/3nd3r)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-win32ole-and-win32ole-event-new-second-post/139645 "2008-06-05T18:52:33Z")
I am trying to control a Microstation application through its VBA api. I am able to connect to the object and control it but I am now trying to figure out how to deal with Microstation’s event handling. In Microstati… --- ## [Re: Invalid Search Path - Building IronRuby on Windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-invalid-search-path-building-ironruby-on-windows/139644)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-invalid-search-path-building-ironruby-on-windows/139644 "2008-06-05T18:38:59Z")
No. If you want to tackle this it would be great to define an external irvars.bat file to setup the paths based on the dir that it lives in. John Sent from my phone From: Jim D. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid … --- ## [Why use RoR instead Aspx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-use-ror-instead-aspx/139632)
**Author:** [@pabloq](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pabloq)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-use-ror-instead-aspx/139632 "2008-06-05T18:30:37Z")
Hi all, Does anyone know any article where it’s been compared RoR vrs aspx, php, and others web frameworks? I’m trying to argue at work why is best to use RoR instead .aspx. Thanks in advance. --- ## [Running rake mspec:lib](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rake-mspec-lib/139616)
**Author:** [@editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/editkid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rake-mspec-lib/139616 "2008-06-05T18:29:26Z")
I am having trouble running the RubySpecs from rake. First I get this: D:\\dev\\ruby\\ironruby\\head\>rake mspec:lib (in D:/dev/ruby/ironruby/head) mspec/bin/mspec:141:in \`exec’: No such file or directory - d:\\dev\\ruby\\i… --- ## [Re: Running rake mspec:lib](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-running-rake-mspec-lib/139640)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-running-rake-mspec-lib/139640 "2008-06-05T18:28:50Z")
Can you verify this behavior by doing a local deploy and running the svn build from a non merlin cmd prompt? John Sent from my phone From: Jim D. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 … --- ## [Invalid Search Path - Building IronRuby on Windows](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-search-path-building-ironruby-on-windows/139623)
**Author:** [@Joe\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joe_F)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-search-path-building-ironruby-on-windows/139623 "2008-06-05T18:27:40Z")
I get the following error when issuing a Rake compile w/ r113: error CS1668: Warning as Error: Invalid search path ‘C:\\Program Files \\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v6.0A\\lib’ specified in ‘LIB environment variable’ – 'The … --- ## [File collaboration](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-collaboration/139629)
**Author:** [@leveille](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leveille)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-collaboration/139629 "2008-06-05T18:04:44Z")
I would like to start collaborating on some very simple ruby programs with a couple of friends. Rather than emailing rb files back and forth, it would be great if there was a way to do something like Google Docs shari… --- ## [Code Review: RubyTypes1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-rubytypes1/139576)
**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-rubytypes1/139576 "2008-06-05T17:48:43Z")
tfpt review “/shelveset:RubyTypes1;REDMOND\\tomat” Generates a new CLR type for Ruby classes only if the class derives from a CLR class not impleemnting IRubyObject interface. This reduces number of types generated dur… --- ## [ARGF.each("") {|para| p para}](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/argf-each-para-p-para/139635)
**Author:** [@Tanaka\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tanaka_A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/argf-each-para-p-para/139635 "2008-06-05T17:46:22Z")
ARGF.each(“”) e$B$H$7$?$H$-$K$Oe(B 1e$B9TC10L$8$c$J$/$FCJMnC10L$Ke(B yield e$B$5$l$k$N$,4|BT$5$l$k$N$G$O$J$$$G$7$g$&$+!#e(B % ./ruby -ve ‘ARGF.each(“”) {|para| p para}’ ChangeLog ruby 1.9.0 (2008-06-05 revision 16850)… --- ## [What is the default return type?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-default-return-type/139612)
**Author:** [@gogmangog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gogmangog)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/what-is-the-default-return-type/139612 "2008-06-05T17:19:10Z")
Hey guys, I’m trying to find out what is the default return type of a method / function. I read through some of the source code files but didn’t find the answer. I know from other languages that the default return t… --- ## [11th June Cape Town Ruby Brigade Meeting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/11th-june-cape-town-ruby-brigade-meeting/139619)
**Author:** [@Farrel\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Farrel_L)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/11th-june-cape-town-ruby-brigade-meeting/139619 "2008-06-05T15:18:08Z")
The next meeting of the Cape Town Ruby Brigade will take place at 19:00 on the 11th June 2008 at the Bandwidth Barn Meeting Room. I will be presenting on using graphical toolkits (GTK, QT, Tk etc) with Ruby. Topic: Gr… --- ## [Ruby 1.8.7-preview4 test-all failed in OpenSSL::TestSSL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-preview4-test-all-failed-in-openssl-testssl/138968)
**Author:** [@Nobuhiro\_IMAI](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nobuhiro_IMAI)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-preview4-test-all-failed-in-openssl-testssl/138968 "2008-06-05T12:54:39Z")
e$B$$$^$$$G$9!#e(B Ruby 1.8.7-preview4 e$B$G$9$,!"e(Btest-all e$B$NESCf$G%(%i!\<$K$J$j$^$9!#4{=P$Ge(B e$B$7$g$&$+!)e(BDebian GNU/Linux sid e$B$G!"e(Blibssl-dev e$B$Oe(B 0.9.8g-10 e$B$G$9!#$A$Je(B e$B$\_$K!“e(B0.9.7e-3… --- ## [The Gems Repository Stats](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-gems-repository-stats/139115)
**Author:** [@leslieviljoen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leslieviljoen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-gems-repository-stats/139115 "2008-06-05T12:49:16Z")
Wondering why the endless “bulk updating” takes so long I looked that the source a bit. There seems that if there are more than 50 gems missing from the quick list, a bulk update is done: source\_index.rb: use\_incre… --- ## [London Ruby User Group - 9th June 2008](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/london-ruby-user-group-9th-june-2008/139608)
**Author:** [@Murray\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Murray_S)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/london-ruby-user-group-9th-june-2008/139608 "2008-06-05T12:25:58Z")
Hey hey, It’s that time of month again and the London Ruby U. Group (LRUG \[El Rug\]) will be meeting on Monday the 9th of June 2008. Come along and join the fun. Date: Monday, 9th June, 2008 Time: 6:30 for the talk… --- ## [Deleting first line from a file](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deleting-first-line-from-a-file/139433)
**Author:** [@suresh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/suresh)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deleting-first-line-from-a-file/139433 "2008-06-05T12:25:08Z")
Hi I have a HUGE data file multiple lines of data. I want to delete just the first line from it. How to do it efficiently? thanks suresh --- ## [Ruby and SAS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-sas/139545)
**Author:** [@robert](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-sas/139545 "2008-06-05T11:33:14Z")
“Ruby is designed to make programmers happy” Yukihiro M. ( famous guy, founder of Ruby ) “SAS is designed to make programmers kill themselves” Robert Wilkins ( someone you never heard of ) --- ## [Static Ruby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/static-ruby/132793)
**Author:** [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/static-ruby/132793 "2008-06-05T11:19:21Z")
Hi there, typically I modify CFLAGS variable to include a pure static version before compiling, as in: CFLAGS=’-static’ This works for sed, grep, bash etc… easily, but for ruby, this does not seem to work as straigh… --- ## [Ero magazines](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ero-magazines/139594)
**Author:** [@yura](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yura)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ero-magazines/139594 "2008-06-05T09:31:17Z")
http://ero-mag.net --- ## [Interrupt during require\_gem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interrupt-during-require-gem/139323)
**Author:** [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/interrupt-during-require-gem/139323 "2008-06-05T08:31:51Z")
Bad timing I guess: I happened to interrupt a program presumably during require\_gem or whatever method happens when you have RUBYOPT=rubygems. This caused a huge dump of warnings about invalid gem specs (not even gems… --- ## [RDoc Note Extractor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-note-extractor/139171)
**Author:** [@Trans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Trans)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-note-extractor/139171 "2008-06-05T07:10:51Z")
Can we add developer note extraction to RDoc? I.e. the ability to extract TODO:, FIXME: and other labels from comments and list them in html or xml file? I know there are some solutions floating around in ruby-space a… --- ## [Jruby/Tomcat error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-tomcat-error/139582)
**Author:** [@ADADAD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ADADAD)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-tomcat-error/139582 "2008-06-05T07:06:10Z")
Hello, I keep receiving the following error after packing using warbler, rails 2.1. Any ideas ? Jun 5, 2008 12:47:39 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log SEVERE: Exception caught org.jruby.rack.RackIni… --- ## [The duck's backside](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-ducks-backside/138843)
**Author:** [@polarapfel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/polarapfel)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/the-ducks-backside/138843 "2008-06-05T06:45:01Z")
Hi, as a newcomer I miss method overloading with named parameters and types (Objective-C!). Mainly because my code is riddled with ugly “case argument.class” and “raise unless Integer”. But maybe that’s the problem. … --- ## [Gem update - Doing multiple updates?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-doing-multiple-updates/139273)
**Author:** [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-doing-multiple-updates/139273 "2008-06-05T06:43:50Z")
I just did a gem update to update to the latest Rails (2.1), and I noticed that the update command looks like it updated the same gems multiple times: (on WinXP - not my normal system) Updating installed gems Bulk up… --- ## [General query about ruby libraries](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/general-query-about-ruby-libraries/139321)
**Author:** [@sandman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sandman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/general-query-about-ruby-libraries/139321 "2008-06-05T06:31:31Z")
Hi all, I would like to know where exactly to unpack external ruby libraries for future use. I’m using aaronp’s mechanize library (zip file)…and it uses the require ‘mechanize’ directive. Thanks, Sandip --- ## [List of ChartTypeVal for generating excel chart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-of-charttypeval-for-generating-excel-chart/139578)
**Author:** [@lcyeap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lcyeap)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-of-charttypeval-for-generating-excel-chart/139578 "2008-06-05T04:57:38Z")
Greetings, I am trying to use ruby to generate graph in excel. However, i am facing problem as I do not have the complete list of constant value for different chart type. Do anyone know where can I find the source? A… --- ## [Net::FTP vs ProFTPD 1.2.9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-ftp-vs-proftpd-1-2-9/139224)
**Author:** [@tigris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tigris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-ftp-vs-proftpd-1-2-9/139224 "2008-06-05T02:44:51Z")
Hi, I am having some issues using 1.8.5 and 1.8.6 ruby’s built in Net::FTP and the specific 1.2.9 version of ProFTPD. I have tested ProFTPD 1.3.1 and it works fine, as does all other FTP servers I have tested. The co… --- ## [Invoke irb during execution of code](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invoke-irb-during-execution-of-code/139423)
**Author:** [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invoke-irb-during-execution-of-code/139423 "2008-06-05T01:45:45Z")
how do i invoke the irb during the execution of my code. for eg require “watir” ie = Watir::IE.start( url) invoke irb so that i can inspect the ie and use the ie object interactively. Appreciate any help. seede --- ## [Ditz 0.3 released](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ditz-0-3-released/139564)
**Author:** [@trucker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trucker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ditz-0-3-released/139564 "2008-06-05T00:16:38Z")
Ditz version 0.3 has been released! http://ditz.rubyforge.org Ditz is a simple, light-weight distributed issue tracker designed to work with distributed version control systems like darcs and git. Ditz maintains an… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1108) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/7.md?page=1110)