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  • rake/file_creation_task.rb

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FileTask

Rake::FileCreationTask

A FileCreationTask is a file task that when used as a dependency will be needed if and only if the file has not been created. Once created, it is not re-triggered if any of its dependencies are newer, nor does trigger any rebuilds of tasks that depend on it whenever it is updated.

Public Instance Methods

needed?() click to toggle source

Is this file task needed? Yes if it doesn’t exist.

 
               # File rake/file_creation_task.rb, line 13
def needed?
  ! File.exist?(name)
end
timestamp() click to toggle source

Time stamp for file creation task. This time stamp is earlier than any other time stamp.

 
               # File rake/file_creation_task.rb, line 19
def timestamp
  Rake::EARLY
end

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