Command prompt problem with windows 7

Ruby
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I’m new to this, so forgive me noobishness(is that a word?) and have a
problem with my command prompt in windows 7. when I try to run a ruby
file, I get this msg “ruby: No such file or directory – argv.rb
(LoadError)” (See ATTACHMENT).

I’ve done the “Add C:\ruby\bin”
trick and restarted, but it doesn’t seem to work! ANY IDEAS WOULD BE
GREAT!

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Am 02.11.2012 07:52, schrieb Al Baker:

I’m new to this, so forgive me noobishness(is that a word?) and have a
problem with my command prompt in windows 7. when I try to run a ruby
file, I get this msg “ruby: No such file or directory – argv.rb
(LoadError)” (See ATTACHMENT).

Are you really sure that the file `argv.rb’ is in your current
working directory?

Does it show up when you enter `dir’ at the prompt?

I’ve done the “Add C:\ruby\bin”
trick and restarted, but it doesn’t seem to work! ANY IDEAS WOULD BE
GREAT!

It couldn’t make a difference: the error message is issued by ruby,
so apparently there is no problem with locating the ruby interpreter.

Attachments:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/7846/Untitled-1.jpg

Please simply include the command (`ruby argv.rb’) and the
error message in the email itself.

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Are you really sure that the file `argv.rb’ is in your current
working directory?

Does it show up when you enter `dir’ at the prompt?

I’ve done the “Add C:\ruby\bin”
trick and restarted, but it doesn’t seem to work! ANY IDEAS WOULD BE
GREAT!

It couldn’t make a difference: the error message is issued by ruby,
so apparently there is no problem with locating the ruby interpreter.

Attachments:
http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/7846/Untitled-1.jpg

Please simply include the command (`ruby argv.rb’) and the
error message in the email itself.

here’s what i get every time i try his. thanks again!

C:\Users\Al Baker>ruby argv.rb
ruby: No such file or directory – argv.rb (LoadError)

C:\Users\Al Baker>dir

Directory of C:\Users\Al Baker

10/31/2012 09:18 PM .
10/31/2012 09:18 PM …
09/23/2009 05:19 PM Adobe Photoshop CS 8.0
07/12/2012 11:37 PM Contacts
10/31/2012 02:57 AM Desktop
10/29/2012 05:38 PM Documents
11/03/2012 07:56 PM Downloads
11/02/2012 02:57 AM Dropbox
07/12/2012 11:37 PM Favorites
09/18/2012 07:09 PM Links
08/30/2012 12:06 AM Music
11/02/2012 02:47 AM Pictures
05/16/2012 09:21 PM 65,972 PKQUARTZ full.sgm
07/12/2012 11:37 PM Saved Games
07/12/2012 11:37 PM Searches
07/26/2012 12:13 PM temp
11/05/2011 06:53 PM TOOLS
08/16/2012 02:55 PM Videos
10/25/2012 01:48 AM Virtual Machines
1 File(s) 65,972 bytes
18 Dir(s) 44,418,449,408 bytes free

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Jam B. wrote in post #1082709:

The file argv.rb does not exist in the directory you’re running ruby
from. cd into the directory that argv.rb exists in , execute from there,
all will be well.

tried that. it didn’t work

C:\Users\Al Baker>Documents\Programming\RuBy\ argv.rb
‘Documents\Programming\RuBy’ is not recognized as an internal or
external comma
nd,
operable program or batch file.
ad i tried it without the forward slash as well.

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Am 04.11.2012 06:29, schrieb Al Baker:

Jam B. wrote in post #1082709:

The file argv.rb does not exist in the directory you’re running ruby
from. cd into the directory that argv.rb exists in , execute from there,
all will be well.

tried that. it didn’t work

C:\Users\Al Baker>Documents\Programming\RuBy\ argv.rb
‘Documents\Programming\RuBy’ is not recognized as an internal or
external command, operable program or batch file.

you have to change into the directory with `cd’:

$ cd Documents\Programming\RuBy
$ ruby argv.rb

You might also want to search for some command prompt tutorial.

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The file argv.rb does not exist in the directory you’re running ruby
from. cd into the directory that argv.rb exists in , execute from there,
all will be well.