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 process-
ing.
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’ announce-
ment.
-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 com-
plete 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)
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