require 'rake' directory path = 'man/man1' bins = FileList['bin/*'] mans = bins.pathmap("#{path}/%n.1") desc 'Build UNIX manual pages for bin/ scripts.' task :binman => mans bins.zip(mans).each do |bin, man| file man => [bin, path] do require 'binman' roff = BinMan.dump(bin) File.open(man, 'w') {|f| f << roff } end end # build man pages before building ruby gem using bundler %w[build install release].each {|t| task t => :binman }