# RSpec --format --html:/path/to/file.html
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**Created:** [August 17, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-format-html-path-to-file-html/112359 "2007-08-17T21:28:28Z")\
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**Author:**  [@cskidmore](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cskidmore)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-format-html-path-to-file-html/112359/1 "2007-08-17T21:28:28Z")
I tried posting this to the RSpec news list but apparently there’s
something wrong with my account. It never showed up as far as I can
tell…
Greetings everyone. I’m learning RSpec and am pretty fresh to
Ruby/Rails,
but am so excited I can’t help jumping in. I’m running before I can
walk
here. 🙂
Yesterday I tried outputting test results to HTML instead of colorized
plain text. It looked like there were some entries in the change log
for
the 1.0.5 release allowing RSpec to do what I wanted.
I tried adding a setting to spec.opts but it didn’t work to say the
least.
Here’s the change log entry:
- The --out option is gone. Use --format html:path/to/my.html instead
(or
similar).
1. Does this do what I think it should?
2. where can I find documentation on using spec.opts? The command line
help doesn’t mention a “–format” option.
It looks like CI::Reporter [could] output XML format but can it be used
independently?
I’m mining the documentation for related information but didn’t find it
so
far.
Thank you for your help in advance.