######################################################################### 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).
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Public Instance methods
Is this file task needed? Yes if it doesn‘t exist, or if its time stamp is out of date.
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# File lib/rake.rb, line 751 751: def needed? 752: ! File.exist?(name) || out_of_date?(timestamp) 753: end
Time stamp for file task.
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# File lib/rake.rb, line 756 756: def timestamp 757: if File.exist?(name) 758: File.mtime(name.to_s) 759: else 760: Rake::EARLY 761: end 762: end