Class Rake::FileTask
In: lib/rake.rb
Parent: Task

A FileTask is a task that includes time based dependencies. If any of a FileTask‘s prerequisites have a timestamp that is later than the file represented by this task, then the file must be rebuilt (using the supplied actions).

Methods

needed?   timestamp  

Public Instance methods

Is this file task needed? Yes if it doesn‘t exist, or if its time stamp is out of date.

[Source]

     # File lib/rake.rb, line 508
508:     def needed?
509:       return true unless File.exist?(name)
510:       return true if out_of_date?(timestamp)
511:       false
512:     end

Time stamp for file task.

[Source]

     # File lib/rake.rb, line 515
515:     def timestamp
516:       if File.exist?(name)
517:         File.mtime(name.to_s)
518:       else
519:         Rake::EARLY
520:       end
521:     end

[Validate]