= Ratch

== Welcome to Ratch

Ratch is a Ruby-based Batch file system. It provides a Ruby-based DSL
for creating utility/task scripts. It is similar in function to build tools,
like Make, Ant, Maven, Rake, et al. But unlike these it stears clear
of monolithic design and instead more closely follows the "UNIX-way".


== Installation

  $ gem install ratch

Or download the tar.gz and install manually,

  $ tar -xvzf ratch-x.y.z.tar.gz
  $ cd ratch-x.y.z
  $ sudo task/setup

For Windows users the last line will be:

  $ ruby task/setup


== Usage

Basic usage simply entails writing a script that utilizes Ratch's syntax.
See lib/ratch/toolset/ruby for examples.


== Copying

Copyright (c) 2007 T. Sawyer (Psi T. Corp)

Ratch is distributed under the terms of the GPLv3.