The only difference between rspec and rspec path/to/file is that rspec loads all files matching the default pattern (spec/**/*_spec.rb) where as rspec path/to/file loads only the specified file. I suspect that when you run rspec path/to/file you might not be using bundler to manage and isolate your load path, whereas raw rspec is probably booting rails and loading using bundler. If watir is installed as a system gem but is not in your bundle then this behavior would make sense.
HTH, Myron On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Artie <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > Maybe somebody with more experience can see what's up with the different > invocations of rspec? > > I set up a new Rails app environment and noticed that when I run `rspec` > alone on the command like I get a complaint from rails active_support: > > active_support/dependencies.rb cannot load such a file -- watir > (LoadError) > > for which, in the traceback, line 3 of watir_smoketest_spec.rb is > specified as the culprit: > require 'watir' > > Yet, when I turn rspec with a argument: > `rspec spec/features/watir_smoketest_spec.rb` > > Watir is found and browser windows start popping up, executing the code > stored in 'spec/features/watir_smoketest_spec.rb'; which is the example > Google search from the Watir home page. > > Why is there such a striking difference in behavior? What can I learn from > this? > > What article/doc should I be reading? :) > > Thank you for reading and wanting to help. > > --az > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "rspec" 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/rspec/1260462d-af2f-4fc9-9ef3-ef6579fac77f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rspec/1260462d-af2f-4fc9-9ef3-ef6579fac77f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "rspec" 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/rspec/CADUxQmumUFMKz1jcd%3Dg1fkH0w%2Bt8rT0v%2BO3Pw5nKJk_Xp0kr7w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
