Instantrails users - Nov 2005 - Where did I go wrong?

It is easy to overlook (I know, because I have done it!) the Second of
the instructions under Install and Verify:

 " Make sure the installation path does not contain any space characters
"

That rules out using "C:\Program Files\" , for example.

(I assume that the directory path rewriting that is carried out when
Instant Rails spots that its installation directory has changed gets
confused by the spaces in such strings, and produces an installation
where some of the paths are invalid. It''s not a bug, it''s a
documented
feature!)

DJ

On 11/15/05, DeeJay <smartgpx at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It is easy to overlook (I know, because I have done it!) the Second of
> the instructions under Install and Verify:
>
> " Make sure the installation path does not contain any space
characters "
>
> That rules out using "C:\Program Files\" , for example.
>
> (I assume that the directory path rewriting that is carried out when
> Instant Rails spots that its installation directory has changed gets
> confused by the spaces in such strings, and produces an installation
> where some of the paths are invalid. It''s not a bug, it''s
a documented
> feature!)
>
The problem is with one of the components in Instant Rails that can''t
handle
paths with spaces. Unfortunately, I can''t remember who the culprit was.

In any case, I just realized that Instant Rails should check for this and
warn you. I''ll add this to my todo list.

Curt
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