Built-In

Contains functionality related to the environment.

Environment Variables

EnvironmentVariable(string)	Retrieves the value of the environment variable or `null` if the environment variable does not exist.
EnvironmentVariable<T>(string, T)	Retrieves the value of the environment variable or defaultValue if the environment variable does not exist.
EnvironmentVariables()	Retrieves all environment variables.
HasEnvironmentVariable(string)	Checks for the existence of a value for a given environment variable.

Platform

IsRunningOnFreeBSD()	Determines whether the build script running on a FreeBSD based system.
IsRunningOnLinux()	Determines whether the build script running on a Linux based system.
IsRunningOnMacOs()	Determines whether the build script running on a macOS based system.
IsRunningOnUnix()	Determines whether the build script running on a Unix or Linux based system.
IsRunningOnWindows()	Determines whether the build script is running on Windows.

Cake.ArgumentHelpers addin

This content is part of a third party extension that is not supported by the Cake project. For more information about this extension see Cake.ArgumentHelpers.

Contains Aliases for helping work with combinations of Argument and Environment variables.

Argument or environment variable

ArgumentOrEnvironmentVariable(string, bool) Alias from Cake.ArgumentHelpers addin	Get a bool variable from various script inputs: first via Argument, then falling back on EnvironmentVariable, finally falling back on a default.
ArgumentOrEnvironmentVariable(string, string, bool) Alias from Cake.ArgumentHelpers addin	Get a bool variable from various script inputs: first via Argument, then falling back on EnvironmentVariable, finally falling back on a default.
ArgumentOrEnvironmentVariable(string, string, string) Alias from Cake.ArgumentHelpers addin	Get a string variable from various script inputs: first via Argument, then falling back on EnvironmentVariable, finally falling back on a default.
ArgumentOrEnvironmentVariable(string, string) Alias from Cake.ArgumentHelpers addin	Get a string variable from various script inputs: first via Argument, then falling back on EnvironmentVariable, finally falling back on a default.

Environment aliases

Built-In

Environment Variables

Platform

Cake.ArgumentHelpers addin

Argument or environment variable