From: Bill Guindon <agorilla@...>
Date: 2005-12-17T10:57:42+09:00
Subject: Re: New to coding, lost as hell

On 12/16/05, Stephen None <mikari@gmail.com> wrote:

[snip]
> I'm currently running Windows 98 (I don't need any more, so no reason to
> update) and the Ruby install comes with some documentation and FreeRIDE
> and SciTE editor. It seems FreeRIDE is the thing to use for basic stuff.
> So I open it and type in something basic (Print 'hello world') and run
> it.
>
> Nothing runs when I do it. The terminal says "Cannot find file 'CMD' <or
> one of it components>. Check to ensure path and filename are correct and
> that all required libraries are avaiable." and FreeRide's output view
> says
>
> ">ruby C:\ruby\freeride\untitled1.rb
> >exit".

cmd is the 32 bit version of command.com.  I haven't run 98 in a long
time, but I'm betting you can find command.com somewhere in the
windows/system folder or windows/cmd, or some such.  If you can find
it, try making a copy of it, and renaming it to cmd.com.

If that fails, try putting a cmd.bat batch file in the windows dir,
with something something like the following:
command %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

Not sure if either of the above will work, but it's worth a shot.

--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)