FILEUTILS cp/cp_r rm/rm_r on Windows XP

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I cannot seem to get these commands to work as expected in Windows XP
pro SP2.

Given this

  task :update do
    FileUtils.cp_r File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'views/xyz/'),
      File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../../app/views')
  end

I get this:

unknown file type: C:/path/to/source/views/xyz/

Given this:

  task :remove do
    FileUtils.rm_rf File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),
      '../../../app/views/xyz') rescue nil
  end

I get no errors, but the directory is not removed either. Can someone
point out my error?

Regards,

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James Byrne wrote:

I cannot seem to get these commands to work as expected in Windows XP
pro SP2.

I discovered my error by running these with :verbose => true. As agent
86 would say: "Missed me by that much."

I needed an extra set of '../' to reach the actual target directories.

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I'll suggest you use RAILS_ROOT and join to it instead of guessing
based on the location of your rakefile :wink:

File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'app/views')

HTH,

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On Mar 30, 9:27 pm, James Byrne <byrn...@harte-lyne.ca> wrote:

James Byrne wrote:
> I cannot seem to get these commands to work as expected in Windows XP
> pro SP2.

I discovered my error by running these with :verbose => true. As agent
86 would say: "Missed me by that much."

I needed an extra set of '../' to reach the actual target directories.

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