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RAKE(1) 							       RAKE(1)

NAME
       rake - simple build program similar to make

SYNOPSIS
       rake [options]

DESCRIPTION
       rake has the following features:

       * 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?)

       * Users can specify tasks with prerequisites.

       * Rake supports rule patterns to sythesize implicit tasks.

       * Rake is lightweight.  It can be distributed with other projects as a
	 single file.  Projects that depend upon rake do not require that
	 rake be installed on target systems.

OPTIONS
       --dry-run	    (-n)
	      Do a dry run without executing actions.

       --help		    (-H)
	      Display this help message.

       --libdir=LIBDIR	    (-I)
	      Include LIBDIR in the search path for required modules.

       --nosearch	    (-N)
	      Do not search parent directories for the Rakefile.

       --prereqs	    (-P)
	      Display the tasks and dependencies, then exit.

       --quiet		    (-q)
	      Do not log messages to standard output.

       --rakefile=FILE	    (-f)
	      Use FILE as the rakefile.

       --require=MODULE     (-r)
	      Require MODULE before executing rakefile.

       --silent 	    (-s)
	      Like  --quiet,  but also suppresses the 'in directory' announce-
	      ment.

       --tasks		    (-T)
	      Display the tasks and dependencies, then exit.

       --trace		    (-t)
	      Turn on invoke/execute tracing, enable full backtrace.

       --usage		    (-h)
	      Display usage.

       --verbose	    (-v)
	      Log message to standard output (default).

       --version	    (-V)
	      Display the program version.

SEE ALSO
       You can find complete rake documentation in /usr/share/doc/rake

AUTHOR
       rake was written by Jim Weirich <jim@weirichhouse.org>

       This manual was copy-pasted together from  the  rake  documentation  by
       Jani  Monoses  <jani@iv.ro>  for the Ubuntu project (but may be used by
       others).

			       February 17, 2005		       RAKE(1)