From: Bill Walton <bill.walton@...>
Date: 2008-07-06T05:54:23+09:00
Subject: Re: irb not recognized in windows command line

Hi Bert,

Have you checked your PATH?  It should contain an entry to ruby/bin.  If
not, you'll need to add it.  You might also check, just to make sure ruby
itself is operable, 'ruby -v' at the command line.

HTH,
Bill

----- Original Message -----
Bert Ameche wrote:

> I'm reading Beginning Ruby and followed the installation
> process, using the one-click installer for Windows from
> Ruby Forge.  I successfully loaded fxri.
> Received the following message after typing irb in the Windows command
> prompt:
>
> 'irb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
> program or batch file.
>
> Any suggestions on how to get this working will be greatly appreciated.
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