NAnt SDK Documentation - v0.85-nightly-2005-11-09

ExecTask Properties

The properties of the ExecTask class are listed below. For a complete list of ExecTask class members, see the ExecTask Members topic.

Public Instance Properties

Arguments (inherited from ExternalProgramBase) The command-line arguments for the external program.
BaseDirectory The directory the program is in.
CommandLine (inherited from ExternalProgramBase) Gets the command-line arguments, separated by spaces.
CommandLineArguments The command-line arguments for the program.
EnvironmentSet Environment variables to pass to the program.
ErrorWriter (inherited from ExternalProgramBase) Gets or sets the TextWriter to which error output of the external program will be written.
ExeName (inherited from ExternalProgramBase) The name of the executable that should be used to launch the external program.
ExitCode (inherited from ExternalProgramBase) Gets the value that the process specified when it terminated.
FailOnError (inherited from Task) Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true.
FileName The program to execute without command arguments.
IfDefined (inherited from Task) If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.
LogPrefix (inherited from Task)Obsolete. The prefix used when sending messages to the log.
Name (inherited from Task) The name of the task.
NamespaceManager (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the XmlNamespaceManager.
Output The file to which the standard output will be redirected.
OutputAppend Gets or sets a value indicating whether output should be appended to the output file. The default is false.
OutputWriter (inherited from ExternalProgramBase) Gets or sets the TextWriter to which standard output messages of the external program will be written.
Parent (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the parent of the element.
ProgramArguments Gets the command-line arguments for the external program.
ProgramFileName Gets the filename of the external program to start.
Project (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the Project to which this element belongs.
Properties (inherited from Element) Gets the properties local to this Element and the Project.
ResultProperty The name of a property in which the exit code of the program should be stored. Only of interest if FailOnError is false. If the exit code of the program is "-1000" then the program could not be started, or did not exit (in time).
Threshold (inherited from Task) Gets or sets the log threshold for this Task. By default the threshold of a task is Debug, causing no messages to be filtered in the task itself.
TimeOut (inherited from ExternalProgramBase) The maximum amount of time the application is allowed to execute, expressed in milliseconds. Defaults to no time-out.
UnlessDefined (inherited from Task) Opposite of IfDefined. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.
UseRuntimeEngine Specifies whether the external program should be executed using a runtime engine, if configured. The default is false.
Verbose (inherited from Task) Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false.
WorkingDirectory The directory in which the command will be executed.

Protected Instance Properties

CustomXmlProcessing (inherited from Element) Gets a value indicating whether the element is performing additional processing using the XmlNode that was used to initialize the element.
Location (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the location in the build file where the element is defined.
XmlNode (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the XML node of the element.

See Also

ExecTask Class | NAnt.Core.Tasks Namespace