Can i use rak command inside rake task ?

Question

I have install gem rak i want to use rak command inside rake task ...

How may i use that ??

I know how to use it on command prompt ...

This is working fine on command prompt ...

rak RAILS_ENV

Answer 1

to run 'rak' you can either run it as a command, like

 a = `rak asdf`

ref: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ruby_Programming/Running_Multiple_Processes

or hack into the rak source code and figure out how to call it.

Answer 2

This links may help you run command line command into ruby ...

http://zhangxh.net/programming/ruby/6-ways-to-run-shell-commands-in-ruby/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2232/calling-bash-commands-from-ruby

http://blog.jayfields.com/2006/06/ruby-kernel-system-exec-and-x.html

%x[command].each do |f|
  value = f
end