From: itsme213 <itsme213@...>
Date: 2005-11-15T02:17:16+09:00
Subject: Re: rake : rakefile vs. rakefile.rb


"Jim Weirich" <jim@weirichhouse.org> wrote in message 
news:200510310026.32133.jim@weirichhouse.org...
> On Saturday 29 October 2005 06:27 pm, itsme213 wrote:
>> Why does rake not recognize "rakefile.rb" as a default rakefile? I just 
>> had
>> to change the file name to just "rakefile" to get it to work (which 
>> messes
>> up editors etc. that look for ".rb" extensions).
>
> Seems to work for me.
>
> $ ls
> rakefile.rb
> $ cat rakefile.rb
> task :default do
>  puts "Running rakefile.rb"
> end
> $ rake
> (in /home/jim/pgm/rake/dotrb)
> Running rakefile.rb
> $

It's a bit more peculiar than I thought.

If I am in a directory with
    rakefile
then
    rake
finds that file just fine.

However, if I am in a directory with
    rakefile.rb
then
    rake
finds a different (entirely unrelated) rakefile.rb from an entirely 
unrelated directory (not a parent or child dir).

This is Win-XP.

I am confused!