class Rake::FileTask

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).

Public Class Methods

scope_name (scope, task_name)

Apply the scope to the task name according to the rules for this kind of task. File based tasks ignore the scope when creating the name.

# File lib/rake/file_task.rb, line 53
def scope_name(scope, task_name)
  Rake.from_pathname(task_name)
end

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 Yes if it doesn’t exist, or if its time stamp is out of date.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/file_task.rb, line 16
def needed?
  begin
    out_of_date?(File.mtime(name)) || @application.options.build_all
  rescue Errno::ENOENT
    true
  end
end

timestamp ()

Time stamp for file task.

# File lib/rake/file_task.rb, line 25
def timestamp
  begin
    File.mtime(name)
  rescue Errno::ENOENT
    Rake::LATE
  end
end