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RAKE (1) General Commands Manual RAKE (1)
NAME
rake — make-like build utility for Ruby
SYNOPSIS
rake [ -f rakefile ] [ options ] targets ...
DESCRIPTION
rake is a make (1)-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.
SEE ALSO
The complete documentation for rake has been installed at /usr/share/doc/rake-doc/html/index.html . It is also available online at https://ruby.github.io/rake.
AUTHORS
rake was written by Jim Weirich < jim@weirichhouse.org >.
This manual was created by Caitlin Matos < caitlin.matos@zoho.com > for the Debian project (but may be used by others). It was inspired by the manual by Jani Monoses < jani@iv.ro > for the Ubuntu project. rake 11.2.2 June 12, 2016 RAKE (1)