Is irb being started using rubyw (which doesn't have stdin, stdout, and stderr)? Perhaps through a file association? Regards, JJ "Karl Lopes" <karl_lopes / yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20010426163131.27937.qmail / web9507.mail.yahoo.com... > Yes, all those paths are set. When I try to start irb, > I get the following exception: > > /cygdrive/c/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/input-method.rb:68:in > `open': Permission denie > d - "classes" (Errno::EACCES) > from > /cygdrive/c/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/input-method.rb:68:in > `initialize > ' > from > /cygdrive/c/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:562:in `new' > from > /cygdrive/c/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:562:in > `initialize' > from > /cygdrive/c/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:305:in `new' > from > /cygdrive/c/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:305:in > `initialize' > from > /cygdrive/c/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:49:in `new' > from > /cygdrive/c/RUBY/lib/ruby/1.6/irb/main.rb:49:in > `start' > from c:\ruby\bin\irb:19 > > > --- Narayan Iyer <niyer / tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > Hello Karl, > > > > Have you set the following paths: > > > > D:\code\ruby\bin>set > > RUBY_TCL_DLL=D:\ruby\tcl\bin\tcl83.dll > > > > D:\code\ruby\bin>set > > RUBY_TK_DLL=D:\ruby\tcl\bin\tk83.dll > > > > D:\code\ruby\bin>set > > TCL_LIBRARY=D:\ruby\tcl\lib\tcl8.3 > > > > irb is working fine. I dont know what rd2 is???? > > > > -Narayan > > > > > > > > Karl Lopes wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I would like to find out if others using ruby on > > > windows are facing the same problem. > > > I am using the latest build (162-3) downloaded > > from > > > the pragmaticprogrammers site. > > > > > > irb & rd2 do not seem to work. Am I missing > > something > > > here? > > > Karl. > > > > > > ===== > > > Karl I Lopes > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great > > prices > > > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > Karl I Lopes > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/