# class Gem::Doctor

Cleans up after a partially-failed uninstall or for an invalid Gem::Specification.

If a specification was removed by hand this will remove any remaining files.

If a corrupt specification was installed this will clean up warnings by removing the bogus specification.

### Public Class Methods

new(gem_repository, dry_run = false) click to toggle source

Creates a new Gem::Doctor that will clean up `gem_repository`. Only one gem repository may be cleaned at a time.

If `dry_run` is true no files or directories will be removed.

    # File lib/rubygems/doctor.rb, line 43
    def initialize gem_repository, dry_run = false
      @gem_repository = gem_repository
      @dry_run        = dry_run

      @installed_specs = nil
    end

### Public Instance Methods

doctor() click to toggle source

Cleans up uninstalled files and invalid gem specifications

    # File lib/rubygems/doctor.rb, line 67
    def doctor
      @orig_home = Gem.dir
      @orig_path = Gem.path

      say "Checking #{@gem_repository}"

      Gem.use_paths @gem_repository.to_s

      unless gem_repository? then
        say 'This directory does not appear to be a RubyGems repository, ' +
            'skipping'
        say
        return
      end

      doctor_children

      say
    ensure
      Gem.use_paths @orig_home, *@orig_path
    end

gem_repository?() click to toggle source

Are we doctoring a gem repository?

    # File lib/rubygems/doctor.rb, line 60
    def gem_repository?
      not installed_specs.empty?
    end