Rails - Jun 2006 - Simple Rake question

Newbie question but here goes:

Isn''t rake supposed to automatically search the lib/tasks subdirectory
for Rake files/tasks?

I have a task called "do_this.rake" in file foo.rake in
lib/tasks/rails - how do I invoke it from the command line in the root directory
of my Rails application?

Presuming I have a file called "Rakefile" in the root directory of my
Rails application, is there something special that needs to be in it?

Thanks for any help...

-Mark

On Jun 5, 2006, at 09:32 AM, Mark W. wrote:
> Newbie question but here goes:
>
> Isn''t rake supposed to automatically search the lib/tasks  
> subdirectory for Rake files/tasks?
>
> I have a task called "do_this.rake" in file foo.rake in
lib/tasks/
> rails - how do I invoke it from the command line in the root  
> directory of my Rails application?
>
> Presuming I have a file called "Rakefile" in the root directory
of
> my Rails application, is there something special that needs to be  
> in it?
Can you post  your take declaration line, from that .rake file?  
That''s where you will find how you are supposed to refer to your  
custom Rake task. Also, I''m not sure you should be placing thing  
deeper than the lib/tasks directory. I don''t know if Rake is doing a  
recursive search for .rake files.

-Brian

I''ve tried putting the rake files in /lib/tasks, but that
didn''t work either.

My rake task is as follows:

task :do_this => [:import_stuff, :load_data]

If I type:

rake do_this

The response is, Don''t know how to build task
''do_this''

Does the app-level "Rakefile" impact how/when rake files in lib/tasks
get processed?

-Mark
>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Brian Hughes <brianvh@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG>
>  Subject: Re: [Rails] Simple Rake question
>  Sent: 05 Jun ''06 13:42
>  
>  On Jun 5, 2006, at 09:32 AM, Mark W. wrote:
>  > Newbie question but here goes:
>  >
>  > Isn''t rake supposed to automatically search the lib/tasks  
>  > subdirectory for Rake files/tasks?
>  >
>  > I have a task called "do_this.rake" in file foo.rake in
lib/tasks/
>  > rails - how do I invoke it from the command line in the root  
>  > directory of my Rails application?
>  >
>  > Presuming I have a file called "Rakefile" in the root
directory of
>  > my Rails application, is there something special that needs to be  
>  > in it?
>  
>  Can you post  your take declaration line, from that .rake file?  
>  That''s where you will find how you are supposed to refer to your
>  custom Rake task. Also, I''m not sure you should be placing thing
>  deeper than the lib/tasks directory. I don''t know if Rake is
doing a
>  recursive search for .rake files.
>  
>  -Brian
>  
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