Ryan Davis
6/25/2008 10:03:00 PM
On Jun 25, 2008, at 14:31 , Eric Marthinsen wrote:
> Hi. I'm working on creating a Ruby command-line tool that I want to
> distribute as a gem. Are there any examples or references on how to do
> this? I'd like to create an application similar to god or rake, where
> you can enter something like "god myapp.god" and be able to enter that
> command anywhere and be called without calling it like "ruby god
> myapp.god" or by having to call the script that is nested deep within
> the gem directory. I'm starting from scratch on this and have a very
> low
> level of knowledge, so any help on how to do this or where to find
> more
> information would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Either use or study hoe. In hoe you put cmdline tools in a bin
directory and list them in the manifest. hoe automatically takes care
of the gem details for you.
quick start instructions:
sudo gem install hoe
sow thingy
cd thingy
poke around