RAKE(1)

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NAME

rake - Ruby Make  

SYNOPSIS

[--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:

 

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 --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 --

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.

 

SEE ALSO

ruby(1) make(1)

http://rake.rubyforge.org/  

REPORTING BUGS

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

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

AUTHOR

Rake is written by An Jim Weirich Aq jim@weirichhouse.org


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
AUTHOR