Is there a way to get the command output of the exec task?
exec :checkout do |cmd|
cmd.command = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/Common7/IDE/tf.exe'
cmd.parameters 'checkout'
end
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Do you mean the output of the command or the return code? – knut Dec 21 '11 at 22:10
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You definitely mean the console output and not the exit code? Because `tf.exe checkout` doesn't produce anything interesting ("No files specified"). Could you say what you want to do with this output so I can help (I maintain Albacore). – Anthony Mastrean Sep 28 '12 at 21:11
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And how do you want to "get" it? Capture it in a variable? Because `system()` puts it on the console already. If you just need it visible. – Anthony Mastrean Sep 28 '12 at 21:21
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You mentioned albacore and you use the task exec. If there is no special need of albacore you may use standard ruby tools:
#Define the command:
cmd = 'dir'
#or in your case:
#cmd ['"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\tf.exe"',
# 'checkout'].join(' ')
#Version one:
output = `#{cmd}`
puts output
#Version two:
output = %x{#{cmd}}
puts output
More solutions may be found at Getting output of system() calls in Ruby
