Provide parameter for rake in ruby

Question

I have a rake task that uses a parameter on the command line like that:

rake sunspot:reindex[, MyModel]

(Yes, the direct comma behind the bracket is correct.)

How do I specify the same rake command from within Ruby?

Some attempts that don't work:

Rake::Task['sunspot:reindex'].execute("[, ActsAsTaggableOn::Tagging]")
Rake::Task['sunspot:reindex'].execute([nil, ActsAsTaggableOn::Tagging])
Rake::Task['sunspot:reindex[, ActsAsTaggableOn::Tagging]'].execute

Some other suggestions what I could try else?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 16 '11 at 12:56

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You probably need to use invoke instead of execute:

Rake::Task['sunspot:reindex'].invoke(nil, ActsAsTaggableOn::Tagging)

answered Feb 16 '11 at 12:56

Yossi

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Thanks. I also found this nice answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/825748/how-do-i-pass-command-line-arguments-to-a-rake-task/825832#825832 – medihack Feb 16 '11 at 13:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '11 at 12:22

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You can invoke the command as a system process. You have several alternatives

klass = Model

`rake sunspot:reindex #{klass}`
%x(rake sunspot:reindex #{klass})
system "rake", "sunspot:reindex", klass

answered Feb 16 '11 at 12:22

Simone Carletti

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Yes, I know. But what I would like to find out is how to set parameters by using Rake::Task ... I am just curious. – medihack Feb 16 '11 at 12:43

Provide parameter for rake in ruby

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