I got it working. Thanks for helping. On Friday, June 21, 2013 11:22:05 PM UTC-4, kotp wrote: > > IRB is not the command line. Use the command line to mkdir. > > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Oliver David <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I used the cmd prompt Windows and type IRB to start and get that error. >> >> On Friday, June 21, 2013 10:49:39 AM UTC-4, Colin Law wrote: >> >>> 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 rubyonrails-ta...@**googlegroups.com. >>> > To post to this group, send email to rubyonra...@googlegroups.**com. >>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>> > https://groups.google.com/d/**msgid/rubyonrails-talk/** >>> eeef5f0a-4225-4f9b-9ac0-**30aafb351ff0%40googlegroups.**com<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<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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/e0a72d8d-ba65-4aa1-961b-9ec69a79e6c5%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > >
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