# Touble with -i command line option for ir.exe

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/touble-with-i-command-line-option-for-ir-exe/161085>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [February 23, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/touble-with-i-command-line-option-for-ir-exe/161085 "2009-02-23T10:15:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![rjberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@rjberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjberry)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/touble-with-i-command-line-option-for-ir-exe/161085/1 "2009-02-23T10:15:16Z")

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I’m using IR “NightlyBuilds\10606”

I have trouble using the -i option for command-line. Has this worked at  
some point?

c:\DATA\irb\_test\>ir -help  
Usage: ir.exe [options] [file|- [arguments]]  
…  
Options:  
-i Inspect interactively after  
running …

c:\DATA\irb\_test\>\work\bin\ir.exe -i method\_add.rb  
mscorlib:0:in `WinIOError': Could not find file 'c:\DATA\irb_test\-i'. (System::IO::FileNotFoundException) from mscorlib:0:in`Init’  
from mscorlib:0:in `.ctor’

I can post a bug in the tracker if someone confirms I’m not doing  
something wrong here.

Robert B.