From: "Hugh J. Devlin" <hdevlin@...>
Date: 2008-11-15T16:25:24+09:00
Subject: rake finds & runs task, but doesn't show in --tasks list

hi, rake & ruby-talk newbie, a boy's 1st rake task, lib/tasks/load.rake:

namespace :load do
  task :hello_world do |t|
    puts 'hello, world!'
  end
end

runs fine:

# rake load:hello_world
(in ... )
hello, world!

but it's a no-show in rake --tasks, which just shows the standard rails 
tasks

the task is not listed even when rake is pointed directly at the rake file:

# rake -f lib/tasks/load.rake --tasks
(in ... )

w/ or w/o explicit namespace in rake file doesn't help it show up in 
--tasks

rake 0.8.3, rails 2.1.1, ruby 1.8, fedora 9

what am i doing wrong? thanks in advance. sorry if this is a FAQ.

Hugh