# Console does not reload **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 1, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-does-not-reload/87289 "2007-03-01T13:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stemey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-does-not-reload/87289/1 "2007-03-01T13:05:16Z")
I start a ruby on rails console. First I execute "require ‘managers/ x\_manager’ then I do something with the loaded class. After changing the source of the class it is not reloaded. How do I activate the changes without restarting the console? Thanks, Stefan ---
**Author:** ![stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stemey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-does-not-reload/87289/2 "2007-03-01T13:49:21Z")
I wrote reload! and it did reloaded the configuration but not the edited source file. ---
**Author:** ![stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stemey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-does-not-reload/87289/3 "2007-03-01T14:50:33Z")
“reload!” only reloads controllers, models, routes and similar often- changing stuff. It does not reload everything - it depends on the directories and internal settings like ‘load\_paths’ and ‘load\_once\_paths’. For instance, plugin code is not reloaded. Where is the source file you want reloaded? Try this: module MyStuff unloadable # rest of my code … end The “unloadable” method explicitly tells Dependencies that this module is unloadable. – M ---
**Author:** ![stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stemey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-does-not-reload/87289/4 "2007-03-01T13:09:16Z")
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 04:04:24AM -0800, stemey wrote : > How do I activate the changes without restarting the console? Try reload! – ,========================. | Pierre-Alexandre M. | | email : removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid | `========================’ ---
**Author:** ![stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stemey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-does-not-reload/87289/5 "2007-03-01T17:43:59Z")
Try \>reload! Regards, Dave * * * Information and Educational Technology Kwantlen University College - 604-599-2120 “So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.” --Bahá'u’lláh “stemey” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent by: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 01/03/2007 04:04 AM Please respond to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid To “Ruby on Rails: Talk” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) cc Subject [Rails] console does not reload I start a ruby on rails console. First I execute "require ‘managers/ x\_manager’ then I do something with the loaded class. After changing the source of the class it is not reloaded. How do I activate the changes without restarting the console? Thanks, Stefan ---
**Author:** ![stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stemey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-does-not-reload/87289/6 "2008-06-04T00:49:46Z")
I have the same issue , did you find a solution ?