.Dd November 7, 2012 .Dt RAKE(1) "" "Ruby Programmers Reference Guide" .Os UNIX .Sh NAME .Nm rake .Nd Ruby Make .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl -f Ar Rakefile .Op Fl -version .Op Fl CGNPgnqstv .Op Fl D Op Ar PATTERN .Op Fl E Ar CODE .Op Fl I Ar LIBDIR .Op Fl R Ar RAKELIBDIR .Op Fl T Op Ar PATTERN .Op Fl e Ar CODE .Op Fl p Ar CODE .Op Fl r Ar MODULE .Op Fl -rules .Op Ar variable Ns = Ns Ar value .Ar target ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Rake is a simple .Xr ruby 1 build program with capabilities similar to the regular .Xr make 1 command. .Pp .Nm Rake has the following features: .Bl -bullet .It 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?). .It Users can specify tasks with prerequisites. .It Rake supports rule patterns to synthesize implicit tasks. .It Flexible FileLists that act like arrays but know about manipulating file names and paths. .It A library of prepackaged tasks to make building rakefiles easier. .El .Pp .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width "--execute-continue" -compact .Pp .It Fl -version Display the program version. .Pp .It Fl C .It Fl -classic-namespace Put Task and FileTask in the top level namespace .Pp .It Fl D Op Ar PATTERN .It Fl -describe Op Ar PATTERN Describe the tasks (matching optional .Ar PATTERN Ns ), then exit. .Pp .It Fl E Ar CODE .It Fl -execute-continue Ar CODE Execute some Ruby code, then continue with normal task processing. .Pp .It Fl G .It Fl -no-system .It Fl -nosystem Use standard project Rakefile search paths, ignore system wide rakefiles. .Pp .It Fl I Ar LIBDIR .It Fl -libdir Ar LIBDIR Include .Ar LIBDIR in the search path for required modules. .Pp .It Fl N .It Fl -no-search .It Fl -nosearch Do not search parent directories for the Rakefile. .Pp .It Fl P .It Fl -prereqs Display the tasks and dependencies, then exit. .Pp .It Fl R Ar RAKELIBDIR .It Fl -rakelib Ar RAKELIBDIR .It Fl -rakelibdir Ar RAKELIBDIR Auto-import any .rake files in .Ar RAKELIBDIR . (default is .Pa rakelib ) .Pp .It Fl T Op Ar PATTERN .It Fl -tasks Op Ar PATTERN Display the tasks (matching optional .Ar PATTERN Ns ) with descriptions, then exit. .Pp .It Fl e Ar CODE .It Fl -execute Ar CODE Execute some Ruby code and exit. .Pp .It Fl f Ar FILE .It Fl -rakefile Ar FILE Use FILE as the rakefile. .Pp .It Fl h .It Fl -help Prints a summary of options. .Pp .It Fl g .It Fl -system Using system wide (global) rakefiles (usually .Pa ~/.rake/*.rake ). .Pp .It Fl n .It Fl -dry-run Do a dry run without executing actions. .Pp .It Fl p Ar CODE .It Fl -execute-print Ar CODE Execute some Ruby code, print the result, then exit. .Pp .It Fl q .It Fl -quiet Do not log messages to standard output. .Pp .It Fl r Ar MODULE .It Fl -require Ar MODULE Require MODULE before executing rakefile. .Pp .It Fl s .It Fl -silent Like .Fl -quiet , but also suppresses the 'in directory' announcement. .Pp .It Fl t .It Fl -trace Turn on invoke/execute tracing, enable full backtrace. .Pp .It Fl v .It Fl -verbose Log message to standard output (default). .Pp .It Fl -rules Trace the rules resolution. .Pp .El .Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ruby 1 .Xr make 1 .Pp http://rake.rubyforge.org/ .Sh REPORTING BUGS Bugs, features requests and other issues can be logged at <\fBhttp://onestepback.org/redmine/projects/show/rake\fR>. .Pp You will need an account to before you can post issues. Register at <\fBhttp://onestepback.org/redmine/account/register\fR>. Or you can send an email to the author. .Sh AUTHOR .Nm Rake is written by .An Jim Weirich Aq jim@weirichhouse.org