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
Public Instance methods
needed?()

Is this file task needed? Yes if it doesn’t exist.

     # File lib/rake.rb, line 540
540:     def needed?
541:       ! File.exist?(name)
542:     end
timestamp()

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

     # File lib/rake.rb, line 546
546:     def timestamp
547:       Rake::EARLY
548:     end