rakefile gives syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting $end

[thufir]

I want to make run dependant on the compile and cat tasks, but don't seem
to have the syntax quite correct:

thufir@arrakis:~/foo$
thufir@arrakis:~/foo$ rake run
(in /home/thufir/foo)
rake aborted!
/home/thufir/foo/rakefile.rb:3: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting
$end
task :run => :compile :cat do
^

(See full trace by running task with --trace)
thufir@arrakis:~/foo$
thufir@arrakis:~/foo$ cat rakefile.rb


task :run => :compile :cat do
system("java ArrayOfStrings")
end

task :cat do
system("cat ArrayOfStrings.java")
end


task :compile => :clean do
system("javac ArrayOfStrings.java")
end


task :clean do
FileUtils.rm_rf("*.class")
end
thufir@arrakis:~/foo$



thanks,

Thufir

 

[David A. Black]

Hi --

I want to make run dependant on the compile and cat tasks, but don't seem
to have the syntax quite correct:

thufir@arrakis:~/foo$
thufir@arrakis:~/foo$ rake run
(in /home/thufir/foo)
rake aborted!
/home/thufir/foo/rakefile.rb:3: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting
$end
task :run => :compile :cat do
^

(See full trace by running task with --trace)
thufir@arrakis:~/foo$
thufir@arrakis:~/foo$ cat rakefile.rb


task :run => :compile :cat do

Try this:

task :run => [:compile, :cat] do


David

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[thufir]

task :run => :compile :cat do

Try this:

task :run => [:compile, :cat] do

Ah, thanks!


-Thufir