NAntContrib Help Task Reference <waitforexit> | v0.93-nightly-2015-02-12 |
[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
Waits for a given process on the local computer to exit.
When used in combination with the <exec> task, it allows processed to be spawned for a certain duration or task, and then wait until the process is finished before continueing.
When the process identified by pid
is no longer running, then the outcome is considered successful.
Attribute | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
pid | int | The unique identifier of the process to wait for. | True |
timeout | int | The maximum amount of time to wait until the process is exited, expressed in milliseconds. The default is to wait indefinitely. | False |
failonerror | bool | Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true. | False |
if | bool | If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. | False |
unless | bool | Opposite of if . If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. |
False |
verbose | bool | Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false. | False |
Starts two batch processes, and waits for them to finish.
<exec program="batch1.exe" pidproperty="batch1.pid" spawn="true" /> <exec program="batch2.exe" pidproperty="batch2.pid" spawn="true" /> <waitforexit pid="${batch1.pid}" /> <waitforexit pid="${batch2.pid}" />