= 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 ? 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.


== License

Copyright (c) 2007 Thomas Sawyer (Trans)

GPL 3 ???