Hide a task

[LeMerP]

Hello everyone,

is there a way to hide a task from getting listet by "rex -T" command?
I already tried
task "test, hidden => 1, sub {};
but that did not do the job.

I saw the "hidden" parameter in the Rex::Task module, but do not know how to pass this to my test task.

Kind regards,
Patrick

[ferki]

Hi @LeMerP,

there's an internal-facing dont_register option you may attach to task definitions, like this:

Rex/lib/Rex/Commands/Box.pm

Lines 418 to 420 in 0f87255

	task 'get_sys_info', sub {
	return { get_system_information() };
	}, { dont_register => 1, exit_on_connect_fail => 0 };

See also:

• Basic anatomy of Rex task definitions for a quick summary on the general structure of task definitions
• include command to "Include a module without registering its tasks" (instead of loading modules with Perl's own use and require)

Happy hacking!