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Component: RunTask
Launch applications and command line tools with parameters and query their status.
Deprecated. Please use newer Shell functions.
| Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| 3.1 / 6.4 | ✅ 90% | 🔶 71% | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on macOS and Windows | ❌ No |
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| RunTask.AddArgument Deprecated Adds the argument that should be used to launch the executable to the arguments list. | Mac/Win 4.1 |
| RunTask.GetArgument Deprecated Queries the argument with given index. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.GetArgumentCount Deprecated Returns the number of arguments. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.GetCurrentDirectoryPath Deprecated Returns the task's current directory. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.GetLaunchPath Deprecated Returns the path of the executable. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.GetVerb Deprecated Returns the verb string. | Win only 3.2 |
| RunTask.IsRunning Deprecated Returns whether the receiver is still running. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.Launch Deprecated Launches the task represented by the receiver. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.NewTask Deprecated Creates a new task. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.ProcessIdentifier Deprecated Returns the receiver's process identifier. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.ReadErrorText Deprecated Reads what is in the buffer for the error stream. | Mac only 4.1 |
| RunTask.ReadOutputText Deprecated Reads what is in the buffer for the output stream. | Mac only 4.1 |
| RunTask.SetArguments Deprecated Sets the command arguments that should be used to launch the executable. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.SetCurrentDirectoryPath Deprecated Sets the current directory for the receiver. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.SetLaunchPath Deprecated Sets the path to be launched. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.SetVerb Deprecated Sets the verb, that specifies the action to be performed. | Win only 3.2 |
| RunTask.Terminate Deprecated Sends a terminate signal to the receiver and all of its subtasks. | Mac/Win 3.1 |
| RunTask.TerminationReason Deprecated Returns the reason the task was terminated. | Mac only 3.1 |
| RunTask.TerminationStatus Deprecated Returns the exit status returned by the receiver's executable. | Mac only 3.1 |
| RunTask.Wait Deprecated Waits for current task to terminate. | Mac only 6.4 |
| RunTask.WriteInputText Deprecated Writes text to the input buffer for the app. | Mac only 4.1 |
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