NAnt
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v0.85 |
[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
Executes a system command.
Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
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program | string | The program to execute without command arguments. | True |
append | bool | Gets or sets a value indicating whether output should be appended to the output file. The default is false. | False |
basedir | directory | The directory the program is in. | False |
commandline | string | The command-line arguments for the program. | False |
output | file | The file to which the standard output will be redirected. | False |
resultproperty | string | The name of a property in which the exit code of the program should be stored. Only of interest if failonerror is false. |
False |
useruntimeengine | bool | Specifies whether the external program should be executed using a runtime engine, if configured. The default is false. | False |
workingdir | directory | The directory in which the command will be executed. | False |
failonerror | bool | Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true. | False |
if | bool | If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. | False |
timeout | int | The maximum amount of time the application is allowed to execute, expressed in milliseconds. Defaults to no time-out. | False |
unless | bool | Opposite of if . If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. |
False |
verbose | bool | Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false. | False |
Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
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exename | string | The name of the executable that should be used to launch the external program. | False |
useruntimeengine | bool | Specifies whether the external program should be executed using a runtime engine, if configured. The default is false. | False |
Contains a collection of Option elements.
Contains a collection of <arg> elements.
Ping nant.sourceforge.net.
<exec program="ping" commandline="nant.sourceforge.net" />