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.Dt RAKE(1) "" "Ruby Programmers Reference Guide"
.Os UNIX
.Sh NAME
.Nm rake
.Nd Ruby Make
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl -f Ar Rakefile
.Op Fl -version
.Op Fl CGNPgnqstv
.Op Fl D Op Ar PATTERN
.Op Fl E Ar CODE
.Op Fl I Ar LIBDIR
.Op Fl R Ar RAKELIBDIR
.Op Fl T Op Ar PATTERN
.Op Fl e Ar CODE
.Op Fl p Ar CODE
.Op Fl r Ar MODULE
.Op Fl -rules
.Op Ar variable Ns = Ns Ar value
.Ar target ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Rake
is a simple
.Xr ruby 1
build program with capabilities similar to the regular
.Xr make 1
command.
.Pp
.Nm Rake
has the following features:
.Bl -bullet
.It
Rakefiles (Rake's version of Makefiles) are completely defined in standard Ruby syntax.
No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile syntax to worry about (is that a tab or a space?).
.It
Users can specify tasks with prerequisites.
.It
Rake supports rule patterns to synthesize implicit tasks.
.It
Flexible FileLists that act like arrays but know about manipulating file names and paths.
.It
A library of prepackaged tasks to make building rakefiles easier.
.El
.Pp
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width "--execute-continue" -compact
.Pp
.It Fl -version
Display the program version.
.Pp
.It Fl C
.It Fl -classic-namespace
Put Task and FileTask in the top level namespace
.Pp
.It Fl D Op Ar PATTERN
.It Fl -describe Op Ar PATTERN
Describe the tasks (matching optional
.Ar PATTERN Ns
), then exit.
.Pp
.It Fl E Ar CODE
.It Fl -execute-continue Ar CODE
Execute some Ruby code, then continue with normal task processing.
.Pp
.It Fl G
.It Fl -no-system
.It Fl -nosystem
Use standard project Rakefile search paths, ignore system wide rakefiles.
.Pp
.It Fl I Ar LIBDIR
.It Fl -libdir Ar LIBDIR
Include
.Ar LIBDIR
in the search path for required modules.
.Pp
.It Fl N
.It Fl -no-search
.It Fl -nosearch
Do not search parent directories for the Rak