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From: RichardOnRails on 9 Jul 2010 09:57 Great responses -- Thank you, all. > Randem: cmd /c my-command -- that solved most of my problem > Mike S (with eagle eyes) asked "What about RTS2 d mysql => rails RTS2 ûd mysql" My first thought was "That's a German character". (I've got German keyboard translator on my system, but haven't used it recently). Then I realized the diacritical mark over the "u" was carat and not two dots, so it's not German. My second thought was "Enclose my command in quotes", to no avail. Trying single quotes was even worse > Pegasys: "start /b rails RTS2 d mysql " ran the command as well as "cmd /c", but it had the same deficiency, i.e. converting the "-d" switch into u- hat followed by d. That is the remaining outstanding issue for me Again, thank you all. Best wishes, Richard
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 9 Jul 2010 14:51 "RichardOnRails" <RichardDummyMailbox58407(a)USComputerGurus.com> wrote in message news:18a4d385-0a8e-448c-b1ce-1f7a36cb3c1f(a)k39g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > Great responses -- Thank you, all. > >> Randem: cmd /c my-command -- that solved most of my problem > >> Mike S (with eagle eyes) asked "What about RTS2 �d mysql => rails RTS2 >> �d mysql" > > My first thought was "That's a German character". > (I've got German keyboard translator on my system, but haven't used it > recently). > Then I realized the diacritical mark over the "u" was carat and not > two dots, so it's not German. > > My second thought was "Enclose my command in quotes", to no avail. > Trying single quotes was even worse > >> Pegasys: "start /b rails RTS2 �d mysql " ran the command as well as "cmd >> /c", > but it had the same deficiency, i.e. converting the "-d" switch into u- > hat followed by d. > That is the remaining outstanding issue for me > > Again, thank you all. > > Best wishes, > Richard While I can see the caret symbol in your post, I have a very poor understanding where it comes from, where it occurs and how it finds its way into your batch file. Please elaborate.
From: RichardOnRails on 9 Jul 2010 16:48 On Jul 9, 2:51 pm, "Pegasus [MVP]" <n...(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > "RichardOnRails" <RichardDummyMailbox58...(a)USComputerGurus.com> wrote in > messagenews:18a4d385-0a8e-448c-b1ce-1f7a36cb3c1f(a)k39g2000yqb.googlegroups..com... > > > > > Great responses -- Thank you, all. > > >> Randem: cmd /c my-command -- that solved most of my problem > > >> Mike S (with eagle eyes) asked "What about RTS2 d mysql => rails RTS2 > >> ûd mysql" > > > My first thought was "That's a German character". > > (I've got German keyboard translator on my system, but haven't used it > > recently). > > Then I realized the diacritical mark over the "u" was carat and not > > two dots, so it's not German. > > > My second thought was "Enclose my command in quotes", to no avail. > > Trying single quotes was even worse > > >> Pegasys: "start /b rails RTS2 d mysql " ran the command as well as "cmd > >> /c", > > but it had the same deficiency, i.e. converting the "-d" switch into u- > > hat followed by d. > > That is the remaining outstanding issue for me > > > Again, thank you all. > > > Best wishes, > > Richard > > While I can see the caret symbol in your post, I have a very poor > understanding where it comes from, where it occurs and how it finds its way > into your batch file. Please elaborate. Thanks for taking an additional look at this anomaly. Here's a vastly simplified version of the script and the result: K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS\Tools\KeyTools>type GenerateRailsAppX.bat rails RTS2 ûd mysql K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS\Tools \KeyTools>GenerateRailsAppX.bat K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS\Tools\KeyTools>rails RTS2 ûd mysql exists exists app/controllers exists app/helpers exists app/models [snip] Best wishes, Richard
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 9 Jul 2010 17:37 "RichardOnRails" <RichardDummyMailbox58407(a)USComputerGurus.com> wrote in message news:f5c29ea8-4d87-4459-ba29-85554f9cfebb(a)5g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... > On Jul 9, 2:51 pm, "Pegasus [MVP]" <n...(a)microsoft.com> wrote: >> "RichardOnRails" <RichardDummyMailbox58...(a)USComputerGurus.com> wrote in >> messagenews:18a4d385-0a8e-448c-b1ce-1f7a36cb3c1f(a)k39g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > Great responses -- Thank you, all. >> >> >> Randem: cmd /c my-command -- that solved most of my problem >> >> >> Mike S (with eagle eyes) asked "What about RTS2 �d mysql => rails >> >> RTS2 >> >> �d mysql" >> >> > My first thought was "That's a German character". >> > (I've got German keyboard translator on my system, but haven't used it >> > recently). >> > Then I realized the diacritical mark over the "u" was carat and not >> > two dots, so it's not German. >> >> > My second thought was "Enclose my command in quotes", to no avail. >> > Trying single quotes was even worse >> >> >> Pegasys: "start /b rails RTS2 �d mysql " ran the command as well as >> >> "cmd >> >> /c", >> > but it had the same deficiency, i.e. converting the "-d" switch into u- >> > hat followed by d. >> > That is the remaining outstanding issue for me >> >> > Again, thank you all. >> >> > Best wishes, >> > Richard >> >> While I can see the caret symbol in your post, I have a very poor >> understanding where it comes from, where it occurs and how it finds its >> way >> into your batch file. Please elaborate. > > Thanks for taking an additional look at this anomaly. Here's a vastly > simplified version of the script and the result: > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS\Tools\KeyTools>type > GenerateRailsAppX.bat > rails RTS2 �d mysql > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS\Tools > \KeyTools>GenerateRailsAppX.bat > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS\Tools\KeyTools>rails RTS2 �d mysql > exists > exists app/controllers > exists app/helpers > exists app/models > [snip] > > Best wishes, > Richard I don't know anything about rails.exe but my initial reaction would be: 1. Check the permissible command line switches for rails.exe 2. Modify the batch file accordingly. The problem line should probably read rails RTS2 /d mysql
From: RichardOnRails on 9 Jul 2010 18:27
On Jul 9, 5:37 pm, "Pegasus [MVP]" <n...(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > "RichardOnRails" <RichardDummyMailbox58...(a)USComputerGurus.com> wrote in > messagenews:f5c29ea8-4d87-4459-ba29-85554f9cfebb(a)5g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On Jul 9, 2:51 pm, "Pegasus [MVP]" <n...(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > >> "RichardOnRails" <RichardDummyMailbox58...(a)USComputerGurus.com> wrote in > >> messagenews:18a4d385-0a8e-448c-b1ce-1f7a36cb3c1f(a)k39g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > > >> > Great responses -- Thank you, all. > > >> >> Randem: cmd /c my-command -- that solved most of my problem > > >> >> Mike S (with eagle eyes) asked "What about RTS2 d mysql => rails > >> >> RTS2 > >> >> ûd mysql" > > >> > My first thought was "That's a German character". > >> > (I've got German keyboard translator on my system, but haven't used it > >> > recently). > >> > Then I realized the diacritical mark over the "u" was carat and not > >> > two dots, so it's not German. > > >> > My second thought was "Enclose my command in quotes", to no avail. > >> > Trying single quotes was even worse > > >> >> Pegasys: "start /b rails RTS2 d mysql " ran the command as well as > >> >> "cmd > >> >> /c", > >> > but it had the same deficiency, i.e. converting the "-d" switch into u- > >> > hat followed by d. > >> > That is the remaining outstanding issue for me > > >> > Again, thank you all. > > >> > Best wishes, > >> > Richard > > >> While I can see the caret symbol in your post, I have a very poor > >> understanding where it comes from, where it occurs and how it finds its > >> way > >> into your batch file. Please elaborate. > > > Thanks for taking an additional look at this anomaly. Here's a vastly > > simplified version of the script and the result: > > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS\Tools\KeyTools>type > > GenerateRailsAppX.bat > > rails RTS2 ûd mysql > > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS\Tools > > \KeyTools>GenerateRailsAppX.bat > > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS\Tools\KeyTools>rails RTS2 ûd mysql > > exists > > exists app/controllers > > exists app/helpers > > exists app/models > > [snip] > > > Best wishes, > > Richard > > I don't know anything about rails.exe but my initial reaction would be: > 1. Check the permissible command line switches for rails.exe > 2. Modify the batch file accordingly. The problem line should probably read > rails RTS2 /d mysql Thanks for your suggestions. However, the command I'm trying to invoke through the batch file is shown below entered manually in a command window, just as I've done many times: K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\_EIMS>rails RTS2 -d mysql create create app/controllers create app/helpers create app/models create app/views/layouts create config/environments create config/initializers create config/locales create db create doc create lib [snip] BTW, this command causes: 1. The creation of an EIMS sub-directory named RTS2. 2, Creation and population of a RTS2 subdirectories 3. This code can be passed to a web-server, thus creating a website 4. When a browser properly invokes this website, its various pages will be presented, etc. Finally, the -b switch tell the generated Rails app to use MySQL as its database server, rather than the current default, SQLite3. I'm pretty sure the problem is some flaky setting in my computer, but I I have no idea how eliminate it short of wiping out WinXP and re- installing it and its service packs. That's too gruesome a prospect for me. So I'm going to try to get Rake (a Ruby/Rails "make" system) which is more appropriate for what I'm doing anyway. Best wishes, Richard |