method

needed?

Ruby latest stable (v2_5_5) - 0 notes - Class: FileTask

Method deprecated or moved

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needed?() public

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 Yes if it doesn’t exist, or if its time stamp is out of date.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/file_task.rb, line 15
    def needed?
      ! File.exist?(name) || out_of_date?(timestamp) || @application.options.build_all
    end