What directory is the saved file in would be my first question. ruby /path/to/calc.rb would be the first thing that comes to mind. David Newberger 651.271.9045 me / davidnewberger.com http://www.davidnewberger.com On Mar 25, 2006, at 1:23 PM, paul.denlinger / gmail.com wrote: > I'm learning Ruby from the Learn to Program tutorial by Chris Pine. > > On http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01, he mentions saving a > calc.rb file after typing in "puts 1 + 2" in my text editor , then > going to the command line and typing "ruby calc.rb", and getting the > results "3" returned. > > I am not getting this result; instead I'm getting a message that the > file or directory can't be found. I'm using the built-in Scintilla > text > editor which comes with Ruby. > > How do I get the command line to see the saved file? > > Thanks in advance for your assistance. > >