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Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Viewing Todo Items: Part 1

Fabricio Portillo
Fabricio Portillo
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Posted by Fabricio Portillo
Fabricio Portillo
16,718 Points

making todo_items

when i type "mkdir -p spec/features/todo_items" into my command prompt i get the response

"The syntax of the command is incorrect" does anyone know why this is happening?

1 Answer

Tim Knight
Tim Knight
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Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,863 Points

Fabricio,

It sounds to me like you're getting that error from a Windows machine right? So the syntax of the command is slightly different if you're using Windows.

Try doing this instead:

mkdir spec\features\todo_items

Fabricio Portillo
Fabricio Portillo
16,718 Points
Fabricio Portillo
Fabricio Portillo
16,718 Points

hey thanks so much!! it's always the little things.