exec

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Overview

Package exec defines tasks for running commands.

These are the supported tasks:

// Run executes a program with the given arguments.
Run: {
	$id: *"tool/exec.Run" | "exec" // exec for backwards compatibility

	// cmd is a non-empty list holding the program name to run
	// and the arguments to be passed to it.
	//
	// Simple commands can use a string, which is split by white space characters.
	// If any arguments include white space, or for clarity, use the list form.
	cmd: string | [string, ...string]

	// dir specifies the working directory of the command.
	// The default is the current working directory.
	dir?: string

	// env defines the environment variables to use for this system.
	// If the value is a list, the entries mus be of the form key=value,
	// where the last value takes precendence in the case of multiple
	// occurrances of the same key.
	env: {[string]: string} | [...=~"="]

	// stdout captures the output from stdout if it is of type bytes or string.
	// The default value of null indicates it is redirected to the stdout of the
	// current process.
	stdout: *null | string | bytes

	// stderr is like stdout, but for errors.
	stderr: *null | string | bytes

	// stdin specifies the input for the process. If stdin is null, the stdin
	// of the current process is redirected to this command (the default).
	// If it is of typ bytes or string, that input will be used instead.
	stdin: *null | string | bytes

	// success is set to true when the process terminates with a zero exit
	// code or false otherwise. The user can explicitly specify the value
	// force a fatal error if the desired success code is not reached.
	success: bool

	// mustSucceed indicates whether a command must succeed, in which case success==false results in a fatal error.
	// This option is enabled by default, but may be disabled to control what is done when a command execution fails.
	mustSucceed: bool | *true
}