RAKE(1)()

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 - -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 <http://onestepback.org/redmine/projects/show/rake>.

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