Ri search question

Ruby
1

Hi all,

I try to find a methed(File.basename) using ri but it doesn’t work. Any
comments?

Thanks,

Li

C:>ri File.basename
More than one method matched your request. You can refine
your search by asking for information on one of:

 File::basename, File::basename

C:>ri File::basename
More than one method matched your request. You can refine
your search by asking for information on one of:

 File::basename, File::basename

C:>

2

Li Chen wrote:
…

 File::basename, File::basename

…

You have 2 copies of the docs for File. RI can’t differentiate gives
you this message.
Need to delete/hide one of the doc directories so RI will use the
remaining

Cheers
Chris

3

You have 2 copies of the docs for File. RI can’t
differentiate gives
you this message.
Need to delete/hide one of the doc directories so RI
will use the
remaining

Hi Chris,

I search all the file.rb in my Ruby folder and delete
all of them except one. When I issue the same command
I still get the following message:

C:>ri File.basename
More than one method matched your request. You can
refine
your search by asking for information on one of:

 File::basename, File::basename

Li

4

ChrisH wrote:

ri docs are generated from the *.rb files. They usually reside
in a directory ‘…/doc//ri’ near the lib. The ri files are
YAML
and have a file extension of ‘.yaml’

You need to find the 2 sets of ri yaml files for file and remove one

Cheers

It works but I have to delete the whole folder which contains the files.

Thanks,

Li

5

On Dec 13, 12:15 pm, chen li [email protected] wrote:

You have 2 copies of the docs for File. RI can’t
differentiate gives
you this message.
Need to delete/hide one of the doc directories so RI
will use the
remainingHi Chris,

I search all the file.rb in my Ruby folder and delete
all of them except one.

ri docs are generated from the *.rb files. They usually reside
in a directory ‘…/doc//ri’ near the lib. The ri files are
YAML
and have a file extension of ‘.yaml’

You need to find the 2 sets of ri yaml files for file and remove one

Cheers