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NAME

rake − Ruby Make

SYNOPSIS

rake [−-f Rakefile] [−-version] [−CGNPgnqstv] [−D [PATTERN]] [−E CODE] [−I LIBDIR] [−R RAKELIBDIR] [−T [PATTERN]] [−e CODE] [−p CODE] [−r MODULE] [−-rules] [variable=value] target ...

DESCRIPTION

Rake is a simple ruby(1) build program with capabilities similar to the regular make(1) command.

Rake has the following features:

	•		Rakefiles (Rake’s version of Makefiles) are completely defined in standard Ruby syntax. No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile syntax to worry about (is that a tab or a space?).
	•		Users can specify tasks with prerequisites.
	•		Rake supports rule patterns to synthesize implicit tasks.
	•		Flexible FileLists that act like arrays but know about manipulating file names and paths.
	•		A library of prepackaged tasks to make building rakefiles easier.

OPTIONS

−-version

Display the program version.

−C

−-classic-namespace

Put Task and FileTask in the top level namespace

−D [PATTERN]
−-describe [PATTERN]

Describe the tasks (matching optional PATTERN ), then exit.

−E CODE
−-execute-continue CODE

Execute some Ruby code, then continue with normal task processing.

−G

−-no-system
−-nosystem

Use standard project Rakefile search paths, ignore system wide rakefiles.

−I LIBDIR
−-libdir LIBDIR

Include LIBDIR in the search path for required modules.

−N

−-no-search
−-nosearch

Do not search parent directories for the Rakefile.

−P

−-prereqs

Display the tasks and dependencies, then exit.

−R RAKELIBDIR
−-rakelib RAKELIBDIR
−-rakelibdir RAKELIBDIR

Auto-import any .rake files in RAKELIBDIR. (default is rakelib )

−T [PATTERN]
−-tasks [PATTERN]

Display the tasks (matching optional PATTERN ) with descriptions, then exit.

−e CODE
−-execute CODE

Execute some Ruby code and exit.

−f FILE
−-rakefile FILE

Use FILE as the rakefile.

	−h
	−-help		Prints a summary of options.
	−g

−-system

Using system wide (global) rakefiles (usually ~/.rake/*.rake ).

−n

−-dry-run

Do a dry run without executing actions.

−p CODE
−-execute-print CODE

Execute some Ruby code, print the result, then exit.

−q

−-quiet

Do not log messages to standard output.

−r MODULE
−-require MODULE

Require MODULE before executing rakefile.

−s

−-silent

Like −-quiet, but also suppresses the ’in directory’ announcement.

−t

−-trace

Turn on invoke/execute tracing, enable full backtrace.

−v

−-verbose

Log message to standard output (default).

−-rules

Trace the rules resolution.

ENVIRONMENT

RAKE_SYSTEM

The directory path containing the system wide rakefiles.

RAKE_COLUMNS

Override the number of columns used for output, such as −Fl tasks

RAKEOPT

Used to provide default command line arguments to Rake.

	TAGS		Generate an Emacs TAGS file
	TEST		The list of test files will be overridden to include only the filename specified on the command line.

This provides an easy way to run just one test.

TESTOPTS
TESTOPT
TEST_OPTS
TEST_OPT

The given options are passed to the test process after a −Fl

This allows Test::Unit options to be passed to the test suite.

USERPROFILE

HOME

HOMEDRIVE
HOMEPATH

The standard directory containing system wide rake files on Win 32 systems.

REPORTING BUGS

Bugs, features requests and other issues can be logged at <http://onestepback.org/redmine/projects/show/rake.>

You will need an account to before you can post issues. Register at <http://onestepback.org/redmine/account/register.> Or you can send an email to the author.

AUTHOR

Rake is written by Jim Weirich <jim@weirichhouse.org>

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