From: Jayson Williams <williams.jayson@...>
Date: 2008-11-30T14:26:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Can you run a command line script with arguments, without typing 'ruby' first?

Mohit,

YOU ROCK !
I am embarrassed to have been goofing with computers for so many years
without knowing these basics. Anyway everything is working the way I
want, and I have learned some very useful basics.
Thanks!

Jayson


On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Mohit Sindhwani <mo_mail@onghu.com> wrote:
> Jayson Williams wrote:
>>
>> Frustratingly, I got this working fine at work. I can type
>>  my_script args
>> and I get the proper results. Now my propblem is my home pc. I have
>> tried all the fixes above, but I still have to type
>>
>> my_script.rb args
>> unless I inclued the .rb extension, the script will not run.
>>
>
> In general, you should need to type in the extension as part of the program
> name cos the extension is what tells Windows what to do with it.  The
> exception is a list of extensions that Windows treats as executables.  These
> are usually .exe, .com, . bat, .cmd etc - in these cases, typing the
> extension is optional.
>
> This is controlled in a variable called PATHEXT in the environment.  In a
> command window, I did:
> command>set
>
> This gives me a list of extensions that are already there:
> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.RB;.RBW
>
> (note .rb and .rbw at the end)
>
> Add that to your PATHEXT and try?
>
> Cheers,
> Mohit.
> 11/29/2008 | 4:13 PM.
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