# Cannot execute ruby files without wrapper in a cron **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 6, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-execute-ruby-files-without-wrapper-in-a-cron/125196 "2008-01-06T22:30:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-execute-ruby-files-without-wrapper-in-a-cron/125196/1 "2008-01-06T22:30:32Z")
whenever i try to execute a ruby file thro cron, i have to write a crapper to cd the folder of the ruby file and then execute it. it is such a hassle. what are the alternatives so that i dont have to write a wrapper. the prob that i get if i run them directly is that it tries to run in the same directory of the cron and cannot find the local libraries that my require statments have. how can i get ruby to execute the rb file in a specific directory. or is there any other option. RUBY E:\TradingTools\CODE\ABScans.rb e:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/xmlconfigfile.rb:646: warning: parenthesize argum ent(s) for future version e:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_re quire': no such file to load -- sendGmail (LoadError) from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 27:in`re quire’ from E:/TradingTools/CODE/ABScans.rb:3 ---
**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-execute-ruby-files-without-wrapper-in-a-cron/125196/2 "2008-01-06T23:17:22Z")
On Jan 6, 2008 10:29 PM, Junkone [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > e:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/xmlconfigfile.rb:646: warning: 571/72 \> ruby -h Usage: ruby [switches] [–] [programfile] [arguments] -0[octal] specify record separator (\0, if no argument) -a autosplit mode with -n or -p (splits $\_ into $F) -c check syntax only -Cdirectory cd to directory, before executing your script -d set debugging flags (set $DEBUG to true) -e ‘command’ one line of script. Several -e’s allowed. Omit [programfile] -Fpattern split() pattern for autosplit (-a) -i[extension] edit ARGV files in place (make backup if extension supplied) -Idirectory specify $LOAD\_PATH directory (may be used more than once) -Kkcode specifies KANJI (Japanese) code-set -l enable line ending processing -n assume ‘while gets(); … end’ loop around your script -p assume loop like -n but print line also like sed -rlibrary require the library, before executing your script -s enable some switch parsing for switches after script name -S look for the script using PATH environment variable -T[level] turn on tainting checks -v print version number, then turn on verbose mode -w turn warnings on for your script -W[level] set warning level; 0=silence, 1=medium, 2=verbose (default) -x[directory] strip off text before #!ruby line and perhaps cd to directory –copyright print the copyright –version print the version I guess the -I (that is “i”.upcase) is the option you need, AAMOF cron jobs are not exactly executed as in a login shell, I ignore(1) the details, but man cron will explain this in detail. Just for curiosity, which cron are you using and in which context (cygwin?). HTH Robert (1) keep forgetting them is more precise 😉 – [http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/](http://ruby-smalltalk.blogspot.com/) * * * Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein ---
**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-execute-ruby-files-without-wrapper-in-a-cron/125196/3 "2008-01-07T01:00:52Z")
On Jan 6, 5:16 pm, Robert D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > to run in the same directory of the cron and cannot find the local > > quire’: no such file to load – sendGmail (LoadError) > > -Cdirectory cd to directory, before executing your script > > -s enable some switch parsing for switches after script name > > jobs are not exactly executed as in a login shell, I ignore(1) the > > Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. > > Ludwig Wittgenstein- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I am using python cron on windows and -I is just what the doc prescribed. its works beautifully.