SYNOPSIS
rake [-f rakefile] {OPTIONS} TARGETS...DESCRIPTION
rake is a make-like build utility for Ruby. Tasks and dependencies are specified in standard Ruby syntax.OPTIONS
- -m, --multitask
- Treat all tasks as multitasks.
- -B, --build-all
-
Build all prerequisites, including those which are up-to-date.
- -j, --jobs [NUMBER]
-
Specifies the maximum number of tasks to execute in parallel (default is number of CPU cores + 4).
Modules
- -I, --libdir LIBDIR
- Include LIBDIR in the search path for required modules.
- -r, --require MODULE
-
Require MODULE before executing rakefile.
Rakefile location
- -f, --rakefile [FILENAME]
- Use FILENAME as the rakefile to search for.
- -N, --no-search, --nosearch
- Do not search parent directories for the Rakefile.
- -G, --no-system, --nosystem
- Use standard project Rakefile search paths, ignore system wide rakefiles.
- -R, --rakelibdir RAKELIBDIR
- Auto-import any .rake files in RAKELIBDIR (default is 'rakelib')
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--rakelib
- -g, --system
-
- Using system wide (global) rakefiles (usually '~/.rake/*.rake').
- Using system wide (global) rakefiles (usually '~/.rake/*.rake').
Debugging
- --backtrace=,[OUT]/
- Enable full backtrace. OUT can be stderr (default) or stdout.
- -t, --trace=,[OUT]/
- Turn on invoke/execute tracing, enable full backtrace. OUT can be stderr (default) or stdout.
- --suppress-backtrace PATTERN
- Suppress backtrace lines matching regexp PATTERN. Ignored if --trace is on.
- --rules
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Trace the rules resolution.
- -n, --dry-run
- Do a dry run without executing actions.
- -T, --tasks [PATTERN]
- Display the tasks (matching optional PATTERN) with descriptions, then exit.
- -D, --describe [PATTERN]
- Describe the tasks (matching optional PATTERN), then exit.
- -W, --where [PATTERN]
- Describe the tasks (matching optional PATTERN), then exit.
- -P, --prereqs
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Display the tasks and dependencies, then exit.
- -e, --execute CODE
- Execute some Ruby code and exit.
- -p, --execute-print CODE
- Execute some Ruby code, print the result, then exit.
- -E, --execute-continue CODE
-
Execute some Ruby code, then continue with normal task processing.
Information
- -v, --verbose
- Log message to standard output.
- -q, --quiet
- Do not log messages to standard output.
- -s, --silent
- Like --quiet, but also suppresses the 'in directory' announcement.
- -X, --no-deprecation-warnings
- Disable the deprecation warnings.
- --comments
- Show commented tasks only
- -A, --all
- Show all tasks, even uncommented ones (in combination with -T or -D)
- --job-stats [LEVEL]
- Display job statistics. LEVEL=history displays a complete job list
- -V, --version
- Display the program version.
- -h, -H, --help
-
Display a help message.
AUTHOR
rake was written by Jim Weirich <[email protected]>This manual was created by Caitlin Matos <[email protected]> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). It was inspired by the manual by Jani Monoses <[email protected]> for the Ubuntu project.