Run shell command in gradle but NOT inside a task

Question

What I currently have is:

task myTask (type : Exec) {
   executable \"something.sh\"
   ... (a lot of other things)
   args \"-t\"
   args ext.target
}

task         


        

Answer 1

You can do something like the following:

def doMyThing(String target) {
    exec {
        executable "something.sh"
        args "-t", target
    }
}

task doIt {
    doLast {
        doMyThing("/tmp/foo")
        doMyThing("/tmp/gee")
    }
}

The exec here is not a task, it's the Project.exec() method.