[FIXED] How can I set up 'bake' with MAMP on OS X with projects in 'Sites'?

Issue

I'm trying to set up 'cake bake' on OS X. I'm using MAMP and every time I try to 'bake', I get this:

-bash: cake: command not found

I have the Apress Beginning CakePHP book, but the suggestions in that book aren't working for me. In the Apress, book, he suggests the following solution in .profile

alias cake="php ~/Sites/blog/cake/console/cake.php"

I've also found some other suggestions: (put an alias in .profile)

alias cake="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/bin/php /Users/fabian/Sites/miapp/cake/console/cake.php"

alias cake="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/bin/php /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/cake/console/cake.php"

I've also tried this in terminal: /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/bin/php ~/Sites/miapp/cake/console/cake.php bake

...but this didn't work either.

I also tried the solution in this YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOBO-kEakQ0 , but that didn't work either.

So...how could I get 'bake' working with MAMP on OS X with my projects in 'Sites'?

Cheers!

Sam

Solution

not sure what cake bake is, but it looks like it can't find cake on your path. After you set the alias in your .profile did you issue:

source ~/.profile

to update the settings in it?

Answered By - D.C.