# Generator m.file and m.template

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generator-m-file-and-m-template/61483>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 24, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generator-m-file-and-m-template/61483 "2006-05-24T12:00:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generator-m-file-and-m-template/61483/1 "2006-05-24T12:00:39Z")

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hi ,

i’m working on a generator , i don’t find very much information about  
how to create your own generator and i have some questions:  
what is the difference between m.file and m.template and when do you use  
them?

thanks

Klaas

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/generator-m-file-and-m-template/61483/2 "2006-05-24T20:29:32Z")

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On May 24, 2006, at 6:00 AM, Klaas debeuf wrote:

> Klaas
> 
> –  
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).

Huh? A generator for what? Well after googling I discovered it’s  
something for Rails. You are on the wrong mailing list. Note that  
this _is_ a mailing list, as in you are sending people email when you  
post by [www.ruby-forum.com](http://www.ruby-forum.com). For a better response to this you may  
want to ask your question on the rails mailing list, via

[http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3](http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/3)

or

[http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)