exec

Documentation

Index

• func Command(name string, args ...string) ([]byte, error)
• func Exec(name string, arg ...string)
• func IsWSL() bool
• func LookPath(file string) (string, error)
• func OpenInBrowser(url string) error
• func Run(name string, arg ...string)
• func RunWithPid(pidFile, name string, arg ...string)
• func Step(args ...string) ([]byte, error)

Functions

func Command

func Command(name string, args ...string) ([]byte, error)

Command executes the given command with it's arguments and returns the standard output.

func Exec

func Exec(name string, arg ...string)

Exec is wrapper over syscall.Exec, invokes the execve(2) system call. On windows it executes Run with the same arguments.

func IsWSL

func IsWSL() bool

IsWSL returns true if Windows Subsystem for Linux is detected.

"Official" way of detecting WSL https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/423#issuecomment-221627364

func LookPath

func LookPath(file string) (string, error)

LookPath is an alias for exec.LookPath. It searches for an executable named file in the directories named by the PATH environment variable. If file contains a slash, it is tried directly and the PATH is not consulted. The result may be an absolute path or a path relative to the current directory.

func OpenInBrowser

func OpenInBrowser(url string) error

OpenInBrowser opens the given url on a web browser

func Run

func Run(name string, arg ...string)

Run is a wrapper over os/exec Cmd.Run that configures Stderr/Stdin/Stdout to the current ones and wait until the process finishes, exiting with the same code. Run will also forward all the signals sent to step to the command.

func RunWithPid

func RunWithPid(pidFile, name string, arg ...string)

RunWithPid calls Run and writes the process ID in pidFile.

func Step

func Step(args ...string) ([]byte, error)

Step executes step with the given commands and returns the standard output.