Rails Ruby on Rails → 2.x

ruby script/console won't launch if the project path contains the ":" character.

Algorithm:

create a project "app"

run ruby script/console (OK)

rename the project directory to "app:"

run ruby script/console, and you get the following error:

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/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- application

(MissingSourceFile)

from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require'

from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:509:in `require'

from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:354:in

`new_constants_in'

from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:509:in `require'

from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.1.0/lib/console_with_helpers.rb:19

from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require'

from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require'

from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:509:in `require'

from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:354:in

`new_constants_in'

from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.1.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:509:in `require'

from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:252:in `load_modules'

from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:250:in `each'

from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:250:in `load_modules'

from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/init.rb:21:in `setup'

from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb.rb:54:in `start'

from /usr/bin/irb:13

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