Command Line Task Hook

The command line hook allows for a Windows command file to be executed. The command file is executed in its own thread so must contain all necessary environmental information.

Attributes

Attribute Name

Description

event

Valid values:

PreTask – Hook is triggered prior to the task initialization and object collection..
PostTask – Hook is triggered after the task has completed execution.

type

“CommandLineHook”

Parameters

Parameter Name	Description
command	The name of the command file located in the resource folder. If using a relative path, the current folder location is within the web applications `WEB-INF` folder.

Example:

The following example details how to configure a command line task hook to call a bat file located in the WEB-INF/hooks folder.

<Task name="Production" type="FolderSync">
	...
	<TaskHook event="PostTask" type="CommandLineHook">
		<Param name="command" value="hooks/post-task-stub.bat"/>
	</TaskHook>				
</Task>