From: aaron smith <beingthexemplarylists@...>
Date: 2007-07-23T01:31:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Gems, put an executable script in path? like rails?

On 7/22/07, Anthony Eden <anthonyeden@gmail.com> wrote:
> When constructing your gem spec you need to include the bindir and the
> executables array. For example, here is the relevant code from the
> Rakefile for ActiveWarehouse ETL:
>
> spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
>   #snip
>   s.bindir = "bin" # Use these for applications.
>   s.executables = ['etl']
>   s.default_executable = "etl"
>   # snip
> end
>
> This would cause the script bin/etl to appear as an executable script
> on the system where the gem is installed. Inside my bin/etl script I
> usually delegate to code that's actually in lib, however you may
> implement as you see fit. HTH.
>
> V/r
> Anthony Eden
>
> On 7/22/07, Aaron Smith <beingthexemplary@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey all, how do you put an executable in your path through gems.. like
> > when installing rails. you have a new command called "rails" what are
> > they doing to do that? - Thanks
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Thanks that worked perfectly.
Aaron