# Generate scaffold

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-scaffold/111566>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 8, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-scaffold/111566 "2007-08-08T17:35:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generate-scaffold/111566/1 "2007-08-08T17:35:57Z")

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script/generate scaffold product

fires up:  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/rails\_generator/  
generators/components/scaffold/scaffold\_generator.rb

which looks like it uses the files located here:  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/rails\_generator/  
generators/components/scaffold/templates

to generate everything needed for a scaffold.

Basically, I’m looking for the best way or the rails way of  
customizing the generators, so, I do not have to spend so much time  
editing the .rhtml files that rails creates.

Any thoughts.

Thanks