# Rake rdoc issue

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-rdoc-issue/122347>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 6, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-rdoc-issue/122347 "2007-12-06T20:44:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![stephanie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@stephanie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stephanie)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-rdoc-issue/122347/1 "2007-12-06T20:44:50Z")

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When I run “rake doc:app” I receive this error message.

rake aborted!  
Don’t know how to build task ‘doc/README\_FOR\_APP’

Any Ideas?

Thanks in advance. -Stephanie

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**Author:** ![stephanie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@stephanie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stephanie)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-rdoc-issue/122347/2 "2007-12-06T21:37:54Z")

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You must to have file named README\_FOR\_APP  
in doc directory.

RAILS\_APP|  
|-doc  
|README\_FOR\_APP

klodus

stephanie wrote:

> When I run “rake doc:app” I receive this error message.
> 
> rake aborted!  
> Don’t know how to build task ‘doc/README\_FOR\_APP’
> 
> Any Ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance. -Stephanie

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**Author:** ![stephanie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@stephanie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stephanie)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-rdoc-issue/122347/3 "2007-12-06T22:41:31Z")

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Thanks, that was the problem.

On Dec 6, 12:37 pm, Klodus K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)