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
needed?()

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 Yes if it doesn‘t exist, or if its time stamp is out of date.

     # File lib/rake.rb, line 500
500:     def needed?
501:       return true unless File.exist?(name)
502:       return true if out_of_date?(timestamp)
503:       false
504:     end
timestamp()

Time stamp for file task.

     # File lib/rake.rb, line 507
507:     def timestamp
508:       if File.exist?(name)
509:         File.mtime(name.to_s)
510:       else
511:         Rake::EARLY
512:       end
513:     end