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Posted by Fredrik August Madsen-Malmo
Fredrik August Madsen-Malmo
16,261 Points

Can I navigate to the dir and then use rails generate instead of bin/rails generate?

Hey!

When I'm trying to type the <code>bin/rails generate</code> I get an error. Can I instead use <code>cd bin</code> and then use <code>rails generate</code>? I have used this method until now and it seems to work.

I was just wondering if I would get any problems later.

Thanks, Fredrik A. Madsen-Malmo

1 Answer

Ethan Lowry
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Ethan Lowry
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Ethan Lowry
Ethan Lowry
Courses Plus Student 7,323 Points

That would work yeah. The real answer though is that you shouldn't have to do either - Rails should be added to your PATH, so that you can use rails commands from anywhere without specifying the bin directory. For example, I can be in any directory and simply type 'rails generate' etc.

A quick google search for how to add rails to your path should turn up the solution, it's pretty straightforward.

Fredrik August Madsen-Malmo
Fredrik August Madsen-Malmo
16,261 Points

Thanks!