# "Invalid argument - \*" when creating a new rails project **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-argument-when-creating-a-new-rails-project/48530 "2005-11-17T23:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-argument-when-creating-a-new-rails-project/48530/1 "2005-11-17T23:28:44Z")
I was having problems creating new projects, so I uninstalled ruby and rebooted. I then reinstalled ruby with gems from the Ruby-1.8.2-15 installer and then tried to create a new rails project with “rails depot”. Now I get: [c:\dev\ruby\rails]rails depot create Invalid argument - \* all the time no matter what directory I’m in. Any ideas? I’m lost. ---
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-argument-when-creating-a-new-rails-project/48530/2 "2005-11-18T00:09:44Z")
rails depot Not sure if you need the create… Michael Jay K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: I was having problems creating new projects, so I uninstalled ruby and rebooted. I then reinstalled ruby with gems from the Ruby-1.8.2-15 installer and then tried to create a new rails project with “rails depot”. Now I get: [c:\dev\ruby\rails]rails depot create Invalid argument - \* all the time no matter what directory I’m in. Any ideas? I’m lost. – Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-argument-when-creating-a-new-rails-project/48530/3 "2005-11-18T00:09:44Z")
sorry…I misread your post…obviously this is what you are doing! ☹ Michael Michael [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: rails depot Not sure if you need the create… Michael Jay K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: I was having problems creating new projects, so I uninstalled ruby and rebooted. I then reinstalled ruby with gems from the Ruby-1.8.2-15 installer and then tried to create a new rails project with “rails depot”. Now I get: [c:\dev\ruby\rails]rails depot create Invalid argument - \* all the time no matter what directory I’m in. Any ideas? I’m lost. – Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). * * * Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) * * * Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. * * * Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ---
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-argument-when-creating-a-new-rails-project/48530/4 "2005-11-18T00:57:22Z")
icosahedron wrote: > I was having problems creating new projects, so I uninstalled ruby and > rebooted. I then reinstalled ruby with gems from the Ruby-1.8.2-15 > installer and then tried to create a new rails project with “rails > depot”. > > Now I get: > > [c:\dev\ruby\rails]rails depot > create > Invalid argument - \* > > all the time no matter what directory I’m in. > > Any ideas? I’m lost. It turns out it was 4NT. If I run "rails " from the normal cmd.exe, it works fine. Go figure. Too bad, as I really like 4NT. ---
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-argument-when-creating-a-new-rails-project/48530/5 "2005-11-18T20:40:53Z")
hgs wrote: > On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Jay K. wrote: > > > > all the time no matter what directory I’m in. > > > > > > Any ideas? I’m lost. > > > > It turns out it was 4NT. If I run "rails " from the normal > > cmd.exe, it works fine. Go figure. Too bad, as I really like 4NT. > > Wild guess: On unix :- > > /usr/local/bin/rails: executable /usr/local/bin/ruby script > > Maybe 4NT is trying to execute rails “directly” rather than > passing it to ruby? I don’t kow anything about 4NT. > > ``` > Hugh > > ``` 4NT is a cmd.exe replacement that includes a number of niceties. If you develop on NT, you should check it out, but as a replacement, there are some inherent incompatibilities. I use it so much I forget sometimes it’s not the default. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-argument-when-creating-a-new-rails-project/48530/6 "2005-11-21T01:33:11Z")
don’t you need to install rails gem install rails ---
**Author:** ![icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c77e96/32.png) [@icosahedron](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/icosahedron)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/invalid-argument-when-creating-a-new-rails-project/48530/7 "2005-11-18T11:43:40Z")
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Jay K. wrote: > > all the time no matter what directory I’m in. > > > > Any ideas? I’m lost. > > It turns out it was 4NT. If I run "rails " from the normal > cmd.exe, it works fine. Go figure. Too bad, as I really like 4NT. Wild guess: On unix :- /usr/local/bin/rails: executable /usr/local/bin/ruby script Maybe 4NT is trying to execute rails “directly” rather than passing it to ruby? I don’t kow anything about 4NT. ``` Hugh ```