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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

Posted by Trevin Cole
Trevin Cole
377 Points

Load Error when trying to run test.

I'm on Windows with Rails 2.1.7. When I try and run rspec spec\features\todo_lists\create_spec.rb it returns a string of info and a <Load Error>. What is happening and how can I fix it?

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

Hi Trevin,

Without specifics about your error this would be hard to answer.

Trevin Cole
Trevin Cole
377 Points

Sorry, was in a rush earlier and just noticed that I didn't paste the full error. This is the error in it's entirety. I wasn't sure exactly what I did wrong. Also, note the directory is different from the one in the exercise; this is just the way it appears in my text editor, I don't think it should change anything. C:\Users\Trevin\odot>rspec spec\features\todo_lists\create_spec.rb C:/Ruby21/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core/configuratio n.rb:1065:in load': cannot load such file -- C:/Users/Trevin/odot/spec/features /todo_lists/create_spec.rb (LoadError) from C:/Ruby21/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/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core /configuration.rb:1065:in each' from C:/Ruby21/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core /configuration.rb:1065:inload_spec_files' from C:/Ruby21/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core /command_line.rb:18:in run' from C:/Ruby21/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core /runner.rb:103:inrun' from C:/Ruby21/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/rspec-core-2.99.2/lib/rspec/core /runner.rb:17:in `block in autorun'

2 Answers

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

Are you using the Treehouse VM or Windows cmd? Either way I think you might still use forward slashes. I know you do for the VM since it runs a virtual Ubuntu server. Not 100% on Windows cmd, but if you notice the paths to your gems are using forward slashes. Only other thing would be if you file name or folder is spelled differently. (I'm far from an expert at using Ruby with Windows.)

Trevin Cole
Trevin Cole
377 Points
Trevin Cole
Trevin Cole
377 Points

SOLVED. So I solved it by deleting the directory and file inside of it. I made sure that the file name and directory were the exact same as the tutorial and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the responses!

Trevin Cole
Trevin Cole
377 Points

In addition, I edited a few mistakes in my code in the directory itself.

Rachelle Wood
Rachelle Wood
15,362 Points
Rachelle Wood
Rachelle Wood
15,362 Points

I am getting the same issue. I tried using back slashes only but I get virtually the same error message. Which file and directory did you erase?