# RSpec: adding "--format s" to spec.opts causes rake spec to

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-adding-format-s-to-spec-opts-causes-rake-spec-to/112413>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 18, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-adding-format-s-to-spec-opts-causes-rake-spec-to/112413 "2007-08-18T16:02:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-adding-format-s-to-spec-opts-causes-rake-spec-to/112413/1 "2007-08-18T16:02:48Z")

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Windows XP SP 2  
ruby 1.8.5

gems:  
rails 1.2.3  
rake 0.7.3

plugins:  
rspec 1.0.8  
rspec\_rails 1.0.8

Running spec with “rake spec SPEC\_OPTS=”–format s" and “ruby script/  
spec --format s” works fine.

But if I add “–format s” to my spec.opts then rake spec fails (see  
error below)

here is my spec.opts:  
–colour  
–format s  
progress  
–loadby  
mtime  
–reverse  
–drb

Error:

D:\dev\project\>rake spec  
(in D:/dev/project)  
(druby://localhost:8989) ./script/…/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/  
runner/behavi  
our\_runner.rb:98:in `find\_paths’: File or directory not found:  
progress (Runtime  
Error)

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**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hardbap)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-adding-format-s-to-spec-opts-causes-rake-spec-to/112413/2 "2007-08-18T16:30:57Z")

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Figured it out…removing the option “progress” fixed the error