Question

Is there a way to prompt the user for input during a NAnt build? I want to execute a command that takes a password, but I don’t want to put the password into the build script.

Answer 1

I’m using a script for now, but I’d love to hear if there’s a prebuilt method already available. Many thanks to sundar for the ForegroundColor trick.

I’m not sure if it matters whether you use Project.Log or go direct to Console.WriteLine(), any NAnt ninjas want to educate me?

Here’s the script and a sample target that uses it:

<target name='input'>     <script language='C#' prefix='password' >         <code><![CDATA[             [Function('ask')]             public string AskPassword(string prompt) {                 Project.Log(Level.Info, prompt);                 ConsoleColor oldColor = Console.ForegroundColor;                 Console.ForegroundColor = Console.BackgroundColor;                 try                 {                     return Console.ReadLine();                 }                 finally                 {                     Console.ForegroundColor = oldColor;                 }             }         ]]></code>     </script>      <echo message='Password is ${password::ask('What is the password?')}'/> </target>