Error: No such file or directory, when trying to execute [ruby script/generate]?

Question

I am writing a small blog application using Rails. I am using Aptana Studio.

When I try to execute:

ruby script/generate scaffold post title:string body:text

from either Aptana Studio or going to the project folder and executing it from the shell, I get this error:

c:\Ruby200\bin\ruby.exe: No such file or directory -- script/generate (LoadError
)

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:32:20Z

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I think you are meaning to do rails generate?

First create a new Rails app:

rails new random_app
cd random_app
rails generate scaffold post title:string body:text

When you "ruby" something, it looks for a file to execute.

Rails is the framework for abstraction and scaffolding.

Rails 3 is the problem. Since Rails 3, all of the "script/whatever" commands have been replaced with "rails whatever".

So now you want rails generate ... or rails server instead.

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answered Dec 29, 2013 at 5:30

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The blog I am referring to is using ruby script/generate. sixrevisions.com/web-development/…

that blog is outdated, ruby script/generate has been replaced with rails commands. see the link the above answer

Ok. Thanks. Can you suggest any new link which illustrates how to create a blog using Rails?

guides.rubyonrails.org this is the best site. they have a blog tutorial similar to the one that you were looking at, guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html

Thanks a lot James. It helped much.