# My Script/Console Won't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 1, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-script-console-wont-work/84097 "2007-02-01T12:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eddiewould)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-script-console-wont-work/84097/1 "2007-02-01T12:16:07Z")
I was rolling on Instant Rails, and it didn’t work there, figured I’d install the latest 1.8.5 in a new directory, still won’t run. it says “ruby: No such file or directory – script/console (LoadError)” somebody help please. thanks ---
**Author:** ![eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eddiewould)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-script-console-wont-work/84097/2 "2007-02-01T13:28:15Z")
On 2/1/07, Dominic S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I was rolling on Instant Rails, and it didn’t work there, > figured I’d install the latest 1.8.5 in a new directory, still won’t > run. > > it says “ruby: No such file or directory – script/console (LoadError)” > > somebody help please. thanks > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Assuming you are running on windows, you should check the environmental variables to make sure that your path points to the correct place. ---
**Author:** ![eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eddiewould)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-script-console-wont-work/84097/3 "2007-02-01T14:29:18Z")
Thanks Jason, yes i see that my PATH is pointing to C:\INSTANTRAILS\RUBY\BIN\ which is correct. If i type ‘ruby’, it seems to run the exec, but somehow i can’t run any with the script/\* argument… : T Jason M. wrote: > On 2/1/07, Dominic S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > I was rolling on Instant Rails, and it didn’t work there, > > figured I’d install the latest 1.8.5 in a new directory, still won’t > > run. > > > > it says “ruby: No such file or directory – script/console (LoadError)” > > > > somebody help please. thanks > > > > – > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > Assuming you are running on windows, you should check the > environmental variables to make sure that your path points to the > correct place. ---
**Author:** ![eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eddiewould)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-script-console-wont-work/84097/4 "2007-02-01T14:55:24Z")
On Feb 1, 8:29 am, Dominic S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > On 2/1/07, Dominic S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Assuming you are running on windows, you should check the > > environmental variables to make sure that your path points to the > > correct place. > > – > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. I presume you are doing this from a rails application directory, right? On a windows machine, you need to do ‘ruby script/console’ \_Kevin ---
**Author:** ![eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@eddiewould](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eddiewould)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/my-script-console-wont-work/84097/5 "2007-02-01T15:43:20Z")
Awe man, i found the problem - when i was backing up, i simply forgot to include the folder ‘script’… (hits himself on forehead)… thanks for your support guys… \_Kevin wrote: > On Feb 1, 8:29 am, Dominic S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > On 2/1/07, Dominic S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > Assuming you are running on windows, you should check the > > > environmental variables to make sure that your path points to the > > > correct place. > > > > – > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > I presume you are doing this from a rails application directory, > right? > > On a windows machine, you need to do ‘ruby script/console’ > > \_Kevin