At 13:18 23/12/2003, you wrote:

Hans, I have read this manual. Downloaded texsync.rb and put it into my personal bin location. I have ruby. I have made texsync.rb executable chmod +x texsync.rb. The commands still don't quite work as required - any hints.

Terminal listing ---------------- [Nigel-Kings-G4-Lap:~/bin] nigelk% which ruby /usr/bin/ruby [Nigel-Kings-G4-Lap:~/bin] nigelk% ruby --version ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [powerpc-darwin6.0] [Nigel-Kings-G4-Lap:~/bin] nigelk% texsync --update texsync: Command not found. [Nigel-Kings-G4-Lap:~/bin] nigelk% texsync.rb --update Running /Users/nigelk/.cshrc : Command not found. require: Command not found. : Command not found. print: Command not found. : Command not found. directives: Command not found. helpinfo: Command not found. default: Too many arguments. ---------------- So what am I doing wrong?

can you try ruby texsync.rb Hans

At 14:16 23/12/2003, you wrote:

Hans ruby texsync.rb --update --tree=doc --force --destination=/Users/Shared/Context/

Gets me the manuals

I think on UNIX the first line of the script should look like #!/usr/bin/ruby

However I tried this and then [Nigel-Kings-G4-Lap:~/bin] nigelk% texsync.rb texsync.rb: Command not found.

I am not sure what is reporting this because texsync.rb is executeable and is in the path and anyway I am in that directory.

Confused

one option is to make a file texsync with in it the line ruby texmxstart.rb texsync.rb

At 16:20 23/12/2003, you wrote:

...

one option is to make a file

texsync

with in it the line

ruby texmxstart.rb texsync.rb

texmxstart.rb is not found. It presumably reads the original command line? Google doesn't find it either?

sorry, texmfstart.rb -) Hans

Hi Nigel, you can start the script as a parameter to ruby: bash-2.05a$ ruby texsync.rb --update --force --destination=/tmp/textest or you add a line to texsync.rb (has to be the first line) to tell your unix which interpreter to run: #!/usr/bin/ruby then you can start it simply with: bash-2.05a$ texsync.rb --update --force --destination=/tmp/textest Hope this helps, felix Nigel King wrote:

Hans, I have read this manual. Downloaded texsync.rb and put it into my personal bin location. I have ruby. I have made texsync.rb executable chmod +x texsync.rb. The commands still don't quite work as required - any hints.

Terminal listing ---------------- [Nigel-Kings-G4-Lap:~/bin] nigelk% which ruby /usr/bin/ruby [Nigel-Kings-G4-Lap:~/bin] nigelk% ruby --version ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [powerpc-darwin6.0] [Nigel-Kings-G4-Lap:~/bin] nigelk% texsync --update texsync: Command not found. [Nigel-Kings-G4-Lap:~/bin] nigelk% texsync.rb --update Running /Users/nigelk/.cshrc : Command not found. require: Command not found. : Command not found. print: Command not found. : Command not found. directives: Command not found. helpinfo: Command not found. default: Too many arguments. ---------------- So what am I doing wrong?