From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2004-08-20T09:20:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Rake and command line options


jim@freeze.org said:
> How does one pass options to rake?
> E.g.:
>
>    rake prefix=new_path
>
> Is this correct?
> If so, how is this used inside the rake file?

Inside the rake file, use:   ENV['prefix']

It treats it like an environment variable so that you can put it in the
environment or pass it in explicitly.

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