How do I make a Rake Task run after all other tasks? (i.e. a Rake AfterBuild task)

Question

I\'m new to Rake and using it to build .net projects. What I\'m interested in is having a Summary task that prints out a summary of what has been done. I want this task to alw

Answer 1

You could use the Kernel.trap call and attach to the "Exit" signal. It will fire upon both normal and abnormal exit.

Put this early in your rakefile:

Kernel.trap("EXIT") do
  Rake::Task[:final].invoke
end

Now any time you make a "final" task it will be executed at the very end of the program. no matter what.

task :final do
  puts "Hit return to continue..."
  STDIN.getc
end