Class Rake::FileCreationTask
In: lib/rake.rb
Parent: FileTask

######################################################################### 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.

Methods

needed?   timestamp  

Public Instance methods

Is this file task needed? Yes if it doesn‘t exist.

[Source]

     # File lib/rake.rb, line 791
791:     def needed?
792:       ! File.exist?(name)
793:     end

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

[Source]

     # File lib/rake.rb, line 797
797:     def timestamp
798:       Rake::EARLY
799:     end

[Validate]