From: "Mauricio Fernández" Date: 2004-11-08T07:59:33+09:00 Subject: Re: getting started with rails for win32 On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 05:48:36AM +0900, Phlip wrote: > Rubies: > > I apologize for trammeling our fine language with such a peesash*t operating > system, but... > > How do I get started? I can install rails with the gem system. Then I run > this: > > C:\phlip\rails>ruby \ruby\bin\rails c:/phlip/rails > (in c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.8.0) > rm -rf c:/phlip/rails > rake aborted! > Permission denied - c:/phlip/rails > ../rakefile:42 > > C:\phlip\rails> > > Why is rails, or something, trying to delete the folder I'm trying to build > a rails website in? It's the expected behavior. Try to C:\phlip\rails> cd .. C:\phlip>ruby \ruby\bin\rails c:/phlip/rails And BTW, the permission denied error wouldn't happen on some un*x, so you can blame win32 if you like. -- Hassle-free packages for Ruby? RPA is available from http://www.rubyarchive.org/