# Rake and stderr

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-and-stderr/196047>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 5, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-and-stderr/196047 "2010-10-05T23:53:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jrochkind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jrochkind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jrochkind)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-and-stderr/196047/1 "2010-10-05T23:53:10Z")

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Why can’t I get a rake task to write to stderr?

warn “something”  
$stderr.puts “something”

Both result in no output in my console. Anyone know what’s up?

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**Author:** ![jrochkind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jrochkind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jrochkind)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-and-stderr/196047/2 "2010-10-06T00:14:50Z")

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Quoting Jonathan R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> Why can’t I get a rake task to write to stderr?
> 
> warn “something”  
> $stderr.puts “something”

What about:

STDERR.puts “something”

HTH,  
Jeffrey