Add a 'build' task for more easily building the native extension

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 25cf11a..1845b3a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -172,3 +172,11 @@ end
 
 desc "Publish the documentation"
 task :pubdoc => [:pubrdoc, :pubfaq]
+
+desc "Build the Native extension"
+task :build do
+  cd 'ext/sqlite3_api' do
+    ruby 'extconf.rb'
+    system 'make'
+  end
+end