From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-11-04T08:51:06+09:00
Subject: [RAKE] rdoc task fails on Win2k

When using rake to create rdoc files on Windows 2000, I get this error

rdoc -o doc --main 'README.rdoc' -T 'html' README.rdoc ./lib/catapult.rb 
./lib
rake aborted!
Command Failed: [rdoc -o doc --main 'README.rdoc' -T 'html' README.rdoc 
./lib/catapult.rb ./lib]


But if I copy and paste that top command string, it runs fine in a CMD box.

Here's the task def:

Rake::RDocTask.new( :rdoc ){ |rd|
   rd.rdoc_dir = 'doc'
   rd.rdoc_files.add(  'README.rdoc',   './lib/catapult.rb', './lib'  )
   rd.main = "README.rdoc"
}


Specs:

ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-29) [i386-mswin32]
rake, version 0.4.9

I saw a similar message posted here about this problem on WinXP, but did 
not see a reply.

James

P.S.

I updated my Rake gem before writing, to see if the current version 
fixed this issue.  I used this command:

   gem update rake

which just seemed like The Way It Would Work.  But it updated all my 
gems.  Which, after running 'gem help update', I then understood.

Is there a way to update just a particular gem file?  In lieu of that, 
shouldn't I get an error for passing an unknown parameter, so at least I 
don't run something I didn't intend?