On 21 June 2013 14:12, Oliver David <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm new to Ruby. I installed Rails on Windows 8. > > When I type mkdir in IRB, I'm getting this. I tried running the IRB as > administrator too, and still get the same result > > > irb(main):001:0> mkdir lesson2 > NameError: undefined local variable or method `lesson2' for main:Object > from (irb):1 > from C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/bin/irb:12:in `<main>' > irb(main):002:0> cd lesson
Those commands (mkdir and cd) are not supposed to be run in irb (which is for ruby code), but in a console window. Whether they work in Windows anyway I do not know. I strongly advise not to use Windows for developing RoR applications, it is much easier in Linux (Ubuntu for example) or Mac. Colin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/eeef5f0a-4225-4f9b-9ac0-30aafb351ff0%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAL%3D0gLsJRDW-wc8wMLLitR5DXo4vFKYhgigaRnRnccfQLv-FcQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
