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NAME
     rails -- Web-application framework

SYNOPSIS
     rails path [options...]

DESCRIPTION
     Rails is a web-application and persistence framework that includes everything needed to create data-base-backed database-backed
     base-backed web-applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern of separation. This pattern
     splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb" templates that are primarily responsible for
     inserting pre-built data in between HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as
     Account, Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to persist themselves
     to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests (such as Save New Account, Update Product,
     Show Post) by manipulating the model and directing data to the view.

     Rails is written with the ruby(1) language. For more information about Rails you can use its ---help
     flag. There is also online documentation available at "http://rubyonrails.org".

SEE ALSO
     ruby(1) mongrel_rails(1) cap(1)

AUTHORS
     Rails was created by David Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com> then extended and improved by
     hundreds of open-source contributors.

BSD                                           February 27, 2006                                          BSD