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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Write Our First Tests

Ahmad Abugosh
Ahmad Abugosh
5,540 Points
Posted by Ahmad Abugosh
Ahmad Abugosh
5,540 Points

Help with Load Error

I'm trying to run the following command from windows: rspec ..\spec\features\todo_lists\create_spec.rb

and I get the error:

C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in load': cannot load such file -- C:/Users/Ahmad/Documents/Projects/spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb (LoadError) from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inblock in load_spec_files' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in each' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inload_spec_files' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in run' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:103:inrun' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun'

C:\Users\Ahmad\Documents\Projects\odot>rspec ../spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in load': cannot load such file -- C:/Users/Ahmad/Documents/Projects/spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb (LoadError) from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inblock in load_spec_files' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:in each' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:1065:inload_spec_files' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in run' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:103:inrun' from C:/Ruby21-x64/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun'

Let me know what you guys suggest I try. Thanks!

1 Answer

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Hi Ahmad,

Don't put the .. in front of your path. That's telling the terminal to go up one directory. If your terminal is in the odot folder, just use rspec spec/features/todo_lists/create_spec.rb