[clue] Rake (Ruby) question posted... any experts here?

[jacob]

Does just the last .bash* file get copied if it is newer?

I believe you keep redefining the task over and over so it is only
dependent on one file.

-jacob

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 7:08 PM, David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:

> Lorin Ricker wrote:
> > Are there any Rake/Ruby experts here in CLUE who'd be willing to look at
> > the above posting and give my question/problem a shot?
>
> I don't know anything about rake so I have some questions about the code.
>  If they're worth
> answering maybe that will help.
>
>   tarDir = File.join BUPDIR, tarDirSuffix
>   directory tarDir
>
> What's "directory tarDir" and why does it come after the assignment?
>
>   desc "Backup #{fn} to .../#{tarDirSuffix}"
>
> What does this do?  It (and the lines after) doesn't seem to run.  Is that
> a hint?
>
>   file tar => [src] do |t|
>
> This seems badly formed.  tar seems to be a variable containing the full
> path to the backup file.
> src seems to be a variable containing the path to the source file.  What's
> file?  Does it make sense
> to say "file => [src]"?
>
> So I think your problem is not in the "is the file newer" logic but in
> your "file tar ..." loop.
>
> HTH,
> Dave
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