From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2008-08-03T03:28:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Weird: Just unzipped ruby-1.9.0-2.zip -- no Ruby.exe

On Aug 2, 7:48 am, Harry Kakueki <list.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:53 PM, RichardOnRails
>
>
>
> <RichardDummyMailbox58...@uscomputergurus.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I've been running ruby186-26_rc2 installed from ruby186-26_rc2.exe
> > over WinXP-Pro/SP2.  I manually installed a the path of ruby.exe in
> > Window's PATH.  All worked well for a good while.
>
> > I decided to upgrade to 1.9 because I wanted look-behind in Ruby
> > regexps.  I unzipped ruby-1.9.0-2.zip into the same directory that
> > houses 1.8.6-rc2 and adjusted the PATH to point to the 1.9 bin.  When
> > the ruby.exe command didn't work,  a search of the 1.9 installed
> > revealed the absence of that file.
>
> > Did I grab the wrong package for this installation, or is just one
> > more of my stupid mistakes?
>
> > Thanks in advance for any guidance you may offer.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Richard
>
> A post recently (7/28) went through Ruby List that talks about Ruby
> 1.9.0-3 compiled with VC++6..
>
> I am not using Windows and I don't know much more about this.
> But if you are interested, there is a link at my website.
> Now it is the first link at the top.
>
> Harry
>
> --
> A Look into Japanese Ruby List in Englishhttp://www.kakueki.com/ruby/list.html

OK, Harry,

Just to prove I did it,  below is my snippet the validated the .msi.
I know it's no big deal to you,  but it's one more small step in the
long path to Ruby/Rails mastery.

I bookmarked your website so I'm sure I'll find other pearls there
from time to time.

Again, thanks and best wishes,
Richard

# ValidateMD5.rb
# K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Ruby_Techniques\MD5Validataion

require "md5"

filename = DATA.gets.chomp
md5_tgt = DATA.gets.chomp
filesize = DATA.gets.chomp.gsub(/,/, "").to_i
content = File.new(filename,"rb").read
puts filesize
puts content.size
md5_result = MD5.new(content).hexdigest
OK = (md5_result == md5_tgt)
puts "File " + (OK ? "Valid" : "Invalid")

__END__
K:\_Downloads\Ruby\Ruby-1.9.0.msi
9cc8e8a4802f840b192e63f9ee17ab49
14,262,272