NAME

       rake - a make-like build utility for Ruby

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')

       --rakelib

       -g, --system
              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
              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. LEVEL=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 http://docs.seattlerb.org/rake.

AUTHOR

       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.