Error starting foreman: "Can't cd to ..."

[davidalejandroaguilar]

Hello, I get this error when trying to foreman start. I'm running Foreman in Windows 10 WSL.

Procfile

web: bundle exec rails server
worker: bundle exec sidekiq -q default -q mailers

Console log:

david@TOLUCA-PC:/mnt/c/Users/david/Dropbox/Launch School/ls-rails/myflix$ foreman start
/home/david/.rbenv/versions/2.4.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/foreman-0.64.0/lib/foreman/process.rb:63: warning: Insecure world writable dir /mnt/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java in PATH, mode 040777
10:16:22 web.1    | started with pid 14436
10:16:22 worker.1 | started with pid 14437
10:16:22 web.1    | /home/david/.rbenv/versions/2.4.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/foreman-0.64.0/bin/foreman-runner: 23: cd: can't cd to /mnt/c/Users/david/Dropbox/Launch\ School/ls-rails/myflix
10:16:22 worker.1 | /home/david/.rbenv/versions/2.4.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/foreman-0.64.0/bin/foreman-runner: 23: cd: can't cd to /mnt/c/Users/david/Dropbox/Launch\ School/ls-rails/myflix
10:16:22 web.1    | exited with code 2
10:16:22 system   | sending SIGTERM to all processes
10:16:22 worker.1 | exited with code 2
david@TOLUCA-PC:/mnt/c/Users/david/Dropbox/Launch School/ls-rails/myflix$

[polyakovigor]

Hello, try to rename Launch\ School directory to be without spaces.

[olivierlacan]

@polyakovigor This is not necessarily feasible on macOS since some system directories include spaces. For example iCloud directories: ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/

Oddly for me this issue only arises when I run foreman via bundle exec. When it's installed directly, there are no path issues.

[boehle]

@olivierlacan quick question, what do you mean by installing it directly?
I just ran into the same problem and haven't found a solution yet.

[olivierlacan]

@boehle gem install foreman so it's available outside of the bundle exec context.

[ddollar]

It is not recommended to run foreman as part of your Gemfile. Please install directly with gem install

[boehle]

Thanks @olivierlacan !

@ddollar thanks for the info. I tried it via the Gemfile first, because the book I'm currently reading suggested the use of foreman and also suggested installing it via the Gemfile.

I now installed it directly and it's working fine now, also pointed out the misuse to the author.