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
Public Instance methods
needed?()

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 Yes if it doesn’t exist, or if its time stamp is out of date.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 496
496:     def needed?
497:       return true unless File.exist?(name)
498:       return true if out_of_date?(timestamp)
499:       false
500:     end
timestamp()

Time stamp for file task.

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     # File lib/rake.rb, line 503
503:     def timestamp
504:       if File.exist?(name)
505:         File.mtime(name.to_s)
506:       else
507:         Rake::EARLY
508:       end
509:     end