From: "rpardee@..." <rpardee@...>
Date: 2009-11-29T03:30:14+09:00
Subject: setting up lib/test/rakefile references for a testing task

Hey All,

I'm trying to set up a set of project folders & a test task for rake &
am having trouble figuring out how to let all my code find the other
bits of code.  My project files & folders are set up like so:

/dbi-ado
  rakefile.rb
  /lib
    /dbd
    ado.rb  <-- requires lib/dbd/ado/database.rb and lib/dbd/ado/
driver.rb
    /ado
      database.rb
      driver.rb
  /test
    test_dbd_ado.rb  <-- requires lib/dbd/ado

My test task is:

  task :test do
    # puts("Pretend I am running your tests!")
    # Is this the best way to invoke tests?  Very much a noob here...
    # require 'test/test_dbd_ado'
    %x(ruby -I . test/test_dbd_ado.rb)
  end

I'm running ruby 1.9.1 on windows.  When I do a 'rake test' in my /dbi-
ado folder I get:

  C:\Documents and Settings\pardre1\My Documents\ruby\my_gems\dbi-
ado>rake test
  (in C:/Documents and Settings/pardre1/My Documents/ruby/my_gems/dbi-
ado)
  C:/Documents and Settings/pardre1/My Documents/ruby/my_gems/dbi-ado/
lib/dbd/ado.
  rb:4:in `require': no such file to load -- dbd/ado/database
(LoadError)
          from C:/Documents and Settings/pardre1/My Documents/ruby/
my_gems/dbi-ado
  /lib/dbd/ado.rb:4:in `<top (required)>'
          from test/test_dbd_ado.rb:2:in `require'
          from test/test_dbd_ado.rb:2:in `<main>'

I don't understand the problem--I thought that passing '.' (current
dir) to ruby's I param would put that dir on the search path for
references & therefor a  "require 'dbd/ado/database'" should resolve
properly to dbi-ado/lib/dbd/ado/database.rb.  But it seems not.

Can somebody throw me a clue here?

Many thanks!

-Roy