# Ruby

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## [Igems update --system, \[BUG\] invalid exec\_format "ir", no %s](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/igems-update-system-bug-invalid-exec-format-ir-no-s/190719)

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**Author:** [@bfsog](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bfsog)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/igems-update-system-bug-invalid-exec-format-ir-no-s/190719 "2010-06-25T22:08:36Z")

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Hi all, Ruby n00b here. Longtime Windows/.NET guy primarily. Trying to get IronRuby and RoR up and running on Windows 7 x64 with IIS7.5, with .NET 4.0 installed along with the IronRuby 1.0v4 release. Running into the …

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## [Float: out of range issues](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/float-out-of-range-issues/157615)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/float-out-of-range-issues/157615 "2010-06-25T21:55:29Z")

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Hi, it seems I have messed up my system somehow to produce strange floating point parsing errors (out of range). – Environment This pc here is running Windows Vista SP 1 (English) and a fresh installation of ruby (r…

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## [\[Backport #3474\]\[Closed\] SocketError on SnowLeopard (during make test-all)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backport-3474-closed-socketerror-on-snowleopard-during-make-test-all/190716)

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**Author:** [@Akinori\_MUSHA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Akinori_MUSHA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backport-3474-closed-socketerror-on-snowleopard-during-make-test-all/190716 "2010-06-25T16:47:45Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #3474 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Akinori MUSHA) e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B Assignede$B$+$ie(BClosede$B$KJQ99e(B e$B?JD=e(B % 0e$B$+$ie(B100e$B$KJQ99e(B This issue was solved with changeset r28433. Wataru, than…

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## [Newbie - how to use SQLite3?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-how-to-use-sqlite3/190677)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-how-to-use-sqlite3/190677 "2010-06-25T12:58:25Z")

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I am just learning Ruby language. I downloaded SQLite3 database using gem - “gem list” shows that SQLite3 is installed. My question - how to create a database? I tried to do it from a DOS prompt - it didn’t work. Tha…

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## [IO select. Reconnect procedure](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/io-select-reconnect-procedure/188344)

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**Author:** [@walle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/walle)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/io-select-reconnect-procedure/188344 "2010-06-25T11:09:58Z")

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Hey, I have a minor problem with my IRC bot. It disconnects every while and then, often with a few days in between. My problem lies in the reconnecting procedure. The bot does not notice when it has been disconnected.…

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## [Rdoc vs hanna vs YARD](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-vs-hanna-vs-yard/190699)

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**Author:** [@sentinel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sentinel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rdoc-vs-hanna-vs-yard/190699 "2010-06-25T10:37:08Z")

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A year or so back I adopted Yard, i liked the ability to define params and return values etc (coming from a java background, it looked good). Today, i see some really great output in docs using Hanna – although I’ve y…

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## [Best place to begin?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-place-to-begin/190703)

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**Author:** [@konsolebox](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/konsolebox)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-place-to-begin/190703 "2010-06-25T09:45:02Z")

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Any non-Google preferences would be awesome. As well as links to favorite/personal sites. Thanks. Ross K.

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## [Problem starting Rake in some directories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-starting-rake-in-some-directories/190693)

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**Author:** [@rjlyders](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjlyders)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-starting-rake-in-some-directories/190693 "2010-06-25T06:04:55Z")

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Hi, I tried to invoke rake from a Command Window, with a couple of failures and one success. I haven’t consciously done anything to my system to impact rake Any idea what’s going on? First try: K:\>rake --trace r…

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## [Classpath problems on deployment](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/classpath-problems-on-deployment/190682)

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**Author:** [@leithaus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leithaus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/classpath-problems-on-deployment/190682 "2010-06-25T05:13:59Z")

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Dear JRubyists, i’ve got a complex JRuby app that works fine on my local machine. However, when i war it up and deploy it, it mostly runs – except exercising certain code paths are causing a class not found error. Th…

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## [\[Bug #3476\]\[Closed\] un.rb: httpd: invalid option --http-version](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3476-closed-un-rb-httpd-invalid-option-http-version/190683)

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**Author:** [@nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nobu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3476-closed-un-rb-httpd-invalid-option-http-version/190683 "2010-06-25T02:34:12Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #3476 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Nobuyoshi N.) e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B Opene$B$+$ie(BClosede$B$KJQ99e(B This issue was solved with changeset r28426. Kazuhiro, thank you for reporting this issue. Your contri…

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## [Installing ruby 1.8.7 on MAC pc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-1-8-7-on-mac-pc/190653)

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**Author:** [@sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sun)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-1-8-7-on-mac-pc/190653 "2010-06-25T01:28:39Z")

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hi, I am a newbie to MAC environment .I am working on MAC OSX(10.5.1). I need to install ruby 1.8.7 on the MAC PC without disturbing the already existing ruby 1.8.6 Can anybody please provide a step by step approach…

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## [Liquid tests in ruby 1.9.2](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/liquid-tests-in-ruby-1-9-2/190678)

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**Author:** [@miguelfteixeira](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miguelfteixeira)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/liquid-tests-in-ruby-1-9-2/190678 "2010-06-25T00:52:55Z")

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Good evening, My company has forked the liquid template engine. We are trying to know if the template engine works fine with ruby 1.9.2 and rails 3. Unfortunately we are unable to run the tests because of the followi…

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## [Ruby check permission](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-check-permission/190681)

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**Author:** [@ingcarlos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ingcarlos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-check-permission/190681 "2010-06-25T00:50:34Z")

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I wanna know how to check for a permission in a file, 'cause I see there is a method for changing the file permisison but there is no method to get the current ls -l (-l string). Any Ideas?. Tnx for a soon reply.

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## [\[Bug #3477\]\[Closed\] un.rb: httpd: --max-clients does not work](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3477-closed-un-rb-httpd-max-clients-does-not-work/190675)

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**Author:** [@nobu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nobu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3477-closed-un-rb-httpd-max-clients-does-not-work/190675 "2010-06-24T23:28:00Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #3477 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Nobuyoshi N.) e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B Opene$B$+$ie(BClosede$B$KJQ99e(B e$B?JD=e(B % 0e$B$+$ie(B100e$B$KJQ99e(B This issue was solved with changeset r28427. Kazuhiro, thank y…

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## [\[Bug #3477\] un.rb: httpd: --max-clients does not work](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3477-un-rb-httpd-max-clients-does-not-work/190669)

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**Author:** [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3477-un-rb-httpd-max-clients-does-not-work/190669 "2010-06-24T21:27:23Z")

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Bug #3477: un.rb: httpd: --max-clients does not work http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3477 e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B: Open, e$BM%@hEYe(B: Normal e$BC4Ev\<Te(B: Nobuyoshi N., e$B%+%F%4%j…

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## [\[Bug #3476\] un.rb: httpd: invalid option --http-version](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3476-un-rb-httpd-invalid-option-http-version/190667)

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**Author:** [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3476-un-rb-httpd-invalid-option-http-version/190667 "2010-06-24T21:25:03Z")

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Bug #3476: un.rb: httpd: invalid option --http-version http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3476 e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B: Open, e$BM%@hEYe(B: Normal e$BC4Ev\<Te(B: Nobuyoshi N., e$B%+%F%4…

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## [Io\_splice 2.0.0 - IO::Splice.copy\_stream fixes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/io-splice-2-0-0-io-splice-copy-stream-fixes/189742)

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**Author:** [@ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/io-splice-2-0-0-io-splice-copy-stream-fixes/189742 "2010-06-24T20:56:21Z")

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io\_splice - zero-copy pipe I/O for Linux and Ruby removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid git://git.bogomips.org/ruby\_io\_splice.git Changes: This fixes the issue with our copy\_stream where non-pipe descriptors with the …

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## [Is the CGI instance "html" method no longer available?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-the-cgi-instance-html-method-no-longer-available/190661)

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**Author:** [@Xeno\_CSS\_Eskimo\_No](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Xeno_CSS_Eskimo_No)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-the-cgi-instance-html-method-no-longer-available/190661 "2010-06-24T19:36:09Z")

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undefined method \`html’ for #CGI:0xb783f268 (NoMethodError) ???

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## [\[ANN\] Money 3.0.4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-money-3-0-4/190662)

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**Author:** [@semmons99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/semmons99)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-money-3-0-4/190662 "2010-06-24T18:52:31Z")

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Money 3.0.4 Released Updated #exchange to avoid floating point rounding errors Use :subunit\_to\_unit in #to\_s, #to\_f and #format Added :separator and :delimiter to Currency Deprecated Money#SEPARATORS and Money#DELIMIT…

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## [\[Bug #3471\]\[Rejected\] ./miniruby sample/test.rb$B$G(B1NotOK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3471-rejected-miniruby-sample-test-rb-b-g-b1notok/190632)

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**Author:** [@Shyouhei\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shyouhei_U)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3471-rejected-miniruby-sample-test-rb-b-g-b1notok/190632 "2010-06-24T18:32:55Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #3471 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Shyouhei U.) e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B Opene$B$+$ie(BRejectede$B$KJQ99e(B ./miniruby sample/test.rb e$B$=$l$Oe(Bminirubye$B$G5/F0$7$F$$$k$+$i$G$9!#e(Bsample/test.rbe$B$Oe(B…

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## [Script for production server](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-for-production-server/190536)

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**Author:** [@Florent\_THOMAS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Florent_THOMAS)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-for-production-server/190536 "2010-06-24T17:42:44Z")

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Hello, I’m pretty new with ruby and I’ve just installed retrospectiva with success within ruby enterprise edition. I ran with success the command : /XXXXX/bin/ruby script/server -e production -p3000 Unfortunately a…

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## [Ruby gem installation problem on MAC PC which is behind firewall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gem-installation-problem-on-mac-pc-which-is-behind-firewall/190655)

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**Author:** [@sun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sun)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gem-installation-problem-on-mac-pc-which-is-behind-firewall/190655 "2010-06-24T17:31:59Z")

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Hi , Please provide me solution for the problem of, How to install ruby gems on MAC PC(OSX 10.5.1) which is behind corporate firewall . Regards, Sun

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## [Jruby 1.5 + jboss 5.1.0.GA performance issues](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-1-5-jboss-5-1-0-ga-performance-issues/190618)

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**Author:** [@venka10](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/venka10)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jruby-1-5-jboss-5-1-0-ga-performance-issues/190618 "2010-06-24T16:25:49Z")

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I have a moderately sized Rails application which I have been packaging with the latest warbler to run it in JBoss 5.1.0GA. I am using jruby 1.5. I have been running into a lot of performance issues and its very uns…

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## [Rake-compiler fails on Fedora 13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-compiler-fails-on-fedora-13/190614)

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**Author:** [@Gloria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gloria)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-compiler-fails-on-fedora-13/190614 "2010-06-24T15:51:51Z")

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Hi there, I get the following: \[root@li137-46 tenderlove-nokogiri-0e2a3d9\]# rake-compiler /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-compiler-0.7.0/lib/rake/ extensioncompiler.rb:28:in mingw\_host': No MinGW tools or unknown se…

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## [\[Backport #3474\] SocketError on SnowLeopard (during make test-all)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backport-3474-socketerror-on-snowleopard-during-make-test-all/190650)

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**Author:** [@Wataru\_Kimura](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wataru_Kimura)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/backport-3474-socketerror-on-snowleopard-during-make-test-all/190650 "2010-06-24T15:41:54Z")

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Backport #3474: SocketError on SnowLeopard (during make test-all) http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3474 e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: Wataru Kimura e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B: Open, e$BM%@hEYe(B: Normal Bug #3124e$B$N=$@5$re(B1.8e$B$K…

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## [Finding a project's root directory](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-a-projects-root-directory/190615)

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**Author:** [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-a-projects-root-directory/190615 "2010-06-24T14:36:53Z")

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As I continue to work project development tools I repeatedly run into the case of needing a reliable way to identify the project’s root directory, i.e. to ascend up the directories until it is found. So far the best …

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## [\[Bug #3472\] Zlib.#adler32\_combine, Zlib.#crc32\_combine $B$,(B NEWS $B$K:\\$C$F$J$$(B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3472-zlib-adler32-combine-zlib-crc32-combine-b-b-news-b-k-c-f-j-b/190634)

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**Author:** [@okkezSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/okkezSS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3472-zlib-adler32-combine-zlib-crc32-combine-b-b-news-b-k-c-f-j-b/190634 "2010-06-24T10:19:50Z")

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Bug #3472: Zlib.#adler32\_combine, Zlib.#crc32\_combine e$B$,e(B NEWS e$B$K:$C$F$J$$e(B http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3472 e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: okkez \_ e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B: Open, e$BM%@hEYe(B: Normal ruby -v: ruby 1.…

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## [\[Bug #3471\] ./miniruby sample/test.rb$B$G(B1NotOK](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3471-miniruby-sample-test-rb-b-g-b1notok/190633)

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**Author:** [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3471-miniruby-sample-test-rb-b-g-b1notok/190633 "2010-06-24T09:41:47Z")

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Bug #3471: ./miniruby sample/test.rbe$B$Ge(B1NotOK http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3471 e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B: Open, e$BM%@hEYe(B: Normal ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3dev (2010-06-24) \[i686…

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## [Cucumber with IronRuby V 1.0](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cucumber-with-ironruby-v-1-0/190611)

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**Author:** [@metanoize](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metanoize)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cucumber-with-ironruby-v-1-0/190611 "2010-06-24T05:17:14Z")

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What are the steps of running Cucumber with IronRuby? Do I need to make a separate batch file called ICucumber.bat and then invoke it. Here is my ICucumber.bat file: @ECHO OFF REM This is to tell IronRuby where to f…

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## [Information about PHP + MySQL E-book](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/information-about-php-mysql-e-book/190559)

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**Author:** [@J3p](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/J3p)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/information-about-php-mysql-e-book/190559 "2010-06-24T03:36:33Z")

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Hi, I need some Information from you. Someone told me to buy E-book about PHP + MySQL in http://php-mysql-ebook.blogspot.com Does anyone have experience about this? thanks

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