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rubytddrspec-rails
user727403
user727403

Reputation: 1977

Errno::ENOENT: Error running rspec test, says file doesn't exist but it does

So I am trying to test for a controller but am running into problems. Part of the code requires a file to be loaded, but I am receiving this error:

Errno::ENOENT:
       No such file or directory - ./public/licenses/58efcffc3d8441fcc0627164a8b1350aFCV5Hmashup_lic.xml

However, the file does exit. When I run it in the browser, it works just fine with no problems (but i still want to write a test).

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I am using a database when running the test. I know this isn't actually how I should do it, but I don't know any other way.

Any help would be awesome. Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1504

Answers (2)

bcarlso
bcarlso

Reputation: 2345

Most likely because your assumption about where the current working directory is when running the tests is wrong. try putting a puts File.dirname('.') in there to make sure you're running from the directory you think you are.

Upvotes: 1

Larry K
Larry K

Reputation: 49114

As a debugging tool:

In your test, just before the statement that checks for the file, try adding

puts "list dir " + `ls ./public/licenses/`

to see if the file is really there.

Could be a permissions problem from the test user id

Could also be that the file isn't actually there...

Upvotes: 0

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