From: Sam Duncan <sduncan@...>
Date: 2011-10-18T04:35:32+09:00
Subject: Re: noobie question - how do I run this command-line program?

On 18/10/11 08:19, Jon Crowell wrote:
> Hi.  I downloaded a tiny ruby app called EarGTD and I am trying to get
> it to run at the command line.  It is a simple program consisting of
> about four files. You can read about it here:
> http://oreilly.com/pub/a/ruby/2007/06/21/how-to-build-simple-console-apps-with-ruby-and-activerecord.html
>
> When I download and unzip the file, I get the following directory structure:
>
> EarGTD/
>      .DS_Store
>      Rakefile
>      data/
>          test_ear_gtd.db
>      earGTD*
>      lib/
>          ear_gtd.rb
>      test/
>          test_ear_gtd.rb
>
>
> The entire contents of the earGTD file, which is the file which
> launches the app, are as follows:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
> require "lib/ear_gtd"
> EarGTD.connect
> EarGTD.process_command(ARGV)
>
>
> The problem I am having is that when I launch the app, I get the
> following error:
>
> <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require': no such file
> to load -- lib/ear_gtd (LoadError)
> 	from<internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
> 	from ./earGTD:2:in `<main>'
>
> I understand that the earGTD is trying to load lib/ear_gtd.rb - which
> is in the lib file in the same directory.  But for some reason the
> ruby path loading system doesn't know how to find it.  I have modified
> /etc/bashrc to put my current directory in the $PATH, but that didn't
> make a difference.
>
> If you can tell me what is going on, I would much appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
Could you try;

ruby -I/path/to/EarGTD /path/to/EarGTD/earGTD

This will tell ruby to add that path to the LOAD_PATH before running the 
script. I don't think Ruby searches your path - which is no doubt for 
security reasons.

Sam