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 Instance Methods
needed?()
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Is this file task needed? Yes if it doesn’t exist, or if its time stamp is out of date.
# File rake-13.0.6/lib/rake/file_task.rb, line 16 def needed? !File.exist?(name) || out_of_date?(timestamp) || @application.options.build_all end
timestamp()
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Time stamp for file task.
# File rake-13.0.6/lib/rake/file_task.rb, line 21 def timestamp if File.exist?(name) File.mtime(name.to_s) else Rake::LATE end end