Ruby Error: "No such file or directory -- script/generate (LoadError)"

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I know that this error has been discussed elsewhere on the web, and this may seem like a stupid question, but I've got a very strange situation on my hands here.

I'm running on Snow Leopard, with fully updated Ruby and Rails gems. I created a new Rails project using ruby new testing, then navigated into that folder using cd ~/testing, and tried to create a basic scaffolding using ruby script/generate scaffold newtest name:string, and I got this error back:

ruby: No such file or directory -- script/generate (LoadError)

I have searched Google thoroughly and tried to implement every solution that I could, but nothing has been working. I don't understand why I have this error or how to fix it.

Gazler · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-07 23:21:19Z

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If you are on rails 3 then the command is:

rails generate scaffold newtest name:string

Or the slightly shorter:

rails g scaffold newtest name:string

Notice rails not ruby.

answered Feb 7, 2011 at 23:21

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Jenius Over a year ago

Thank you. I feel so dumb haha

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:33:42Z

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If you're on Rails 3, you need to use the rails command instead, which now does much of the scripting.

(This is according to another StackOverflow question.)

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Jenius Over a year ago

Great call. I feel like an idiot. The correct total command is: rails generate scaffold [NAME] [FIELDS]

Platinum Azure Over a year ago

Don't worry about it. I'm still on Rails 2 myself, so I know I'm going to be in for a bumpy ride if I ever try Rails 3. (That said, currently I'm trying Django. apologetic smile)

the Tin Man · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-08 00:04:28Z

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If you're using the latest version of rails then you no longer use script/generate.

In Rails 3 try using something like this instead:

cd ~/testing
rails generate scaffold Post name:string title:string content:text

You can find more info on the difference between rails 2 and rails 3 here if you like:

http://www.viget.com/extend/rails-3-generators-scaffolding/

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