Subject: Problem with sh on Windows - msg#00005

Windows XP Pro, SP2
Ruby 1.8.5/1.8.6 (one click)
Rake 0.7.3 (also tried 0.7.2 and 0.7.1)

Here's a simple task I have setup:

task :install_gem do
ruby 'ptools.gemspec'
file = Dir['*.gem'].first
sh "gem install #{file}"
end

This works fine on Unix, but on my Windows box it does this:

C:\Documents and Settings\djberge\workspace\ptools>rake install_gem
--trace
(in C:/Documents and Settings/djberge/workspace/ptools)
** Invoke install_gem (first_time)
** Execute install_gem
C:/ruby/bin/ruby ptools.gemspec
Successfully built RubyGem
Name: ptools
Version: 1.1.3
File: ptools-1.1.3.gem
File: 'ptools-1.1.3.gem'
gem install ptools-1.1.3.gem
rake aborted!
Command failed with status (0): [gem install ptools-1.1.3.gem...]
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:719:in `sh'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:726:in `call'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:726:in `sh'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:805:in `sh'
C:/Documents and Settings/djberge/workspace/ptools/rakefile:13
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:392:in `call'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:392:in `execute'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:392:in `each'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:392:in `execute'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:362:in `invoke'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/thread.rb:135:in `synchronize'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:355:in `invoke'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1739:in
`top_level'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1739:in `each'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1739:in
`top_level'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1761:in
`standard_exception_handling'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1733:in
`top_level'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1711:in `run'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1761:in
`standard_exception_handling'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1708:in `run'
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/bin/rake:7
C:/ruby/bin/rake.bat:20:in `load'
C:/ruby/bin/rake.bat:20

Is this just a known limitation of sh on Windows? I could have sworn it
worked in older versions, but perhaps my memory is failing.

Thanks,

Dan


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