On 24.02.2007 16:52, Manas Dadarkar wrote: > "make" has a -e option in which it reads environment variables and > uses those values for variables defined in the makefile. For e.g. > enviroment variable CC=cc -g can be used with make -e to get a debug > build. Is there something similar with Rake? http://docs.rubyrake.org/read/chapter/5 > And what is the ruby > equivalent of CC. Should I set in my environment RUBY=ruby > <ruby_options> There is no Ruby equivalent to cc. robert