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 Yes if it doesn‘t exist, or if its time stamp is out of date.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 680
680:     def needed?
681:       return true unless File.exist?(name)
682:       return true if out_of_date?(timestamp)
683:       false
684:     end
timestamp()

Time stamp for file task. 

     # File lib/rake.rb, line 687
687:     def timestamp
688:       if File.exist?(name)
689:         File.mtime(name.to_s)
690:       else
691:         Rake::EARLY
692:       end
693:     end