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rake 11.2.2

NAME

rake – make-like build utility for Ruby

SYNOPSIS

rake [-f rakefile ] [options ] targets …

DESCRIPTION

rake is a make(1)Ns-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 num_jobs: 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 , –rakelib rakelibdir , –-rakelibdir rakelibdir: Auto-import any .rake files in rakelibdir (default is `rakelib’
-g , –system: Use 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: 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: 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. If level is `history’ displays a complete job list.
-V , –version: Display the program version.
-h , -H , –help: Display a help message.

AUTHORS

An -nosplit rake was written by An Jim Weirich Aq Mt jim [at] weirichhouse.org .

This manual was created by An Caitlin Matos Aq Mt caitlin.matos [at] zoho.com for the Debian project (but may be used by others). It was inspired by the manual by An Jani Monoses Aq Mt jani [at] iv.ro for the Ubuntu project.

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