---
name: "rails"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rails"
version: "2:2.3.14.2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rails"
---

# rails(1)

Ruby on Rails deployment script

## NAME

rails - Ruby on Rails deployment script

## SYNOPSIS

**rails** \[*options*\] *destination(s)*...

## OPTIONS

- **-d, --no-docs**

  Deploys rails without any documentation.

- **-C, --copy**

  Deploys rails by copying instead of linking vendor libraries.

- **-F, --force-overwrite**

  Overwrites all previously deployed files, if any.

- **-D, --database**

  Specify the database to be used. Supported values are mysql, oracle, postgresql, sqlite3,  frontbase and ibm\_db

- **-I, --internal**

  Options to be passed to the upstream rails script.

## SEE ALSO

Full documentation of rails are available after Ruby On Rails is deployed. For getting started instructions, see /usr/share/doc/rails/README.Debian

## AUTHOR

The upstream author of Ruby On Rails is David Heinemeier Hansson \<david@loudthinking.com\>. This manual page was written by Adam Majer \<adamm@zombino.com\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).