Gradle Exec task not exiting

Question

I am new to Gradle and I am using a small task to start/stop local tomcat server.

My gradle task:

task startTomcat(type: Exec){
    workingDir ENV[\         


        

Answer 1

Since you're running on Windows, you've likely encountered this bug: Process execution hangs on Windows if child processes are still alive. Unfortunately I don't have a simpler workaround to suggest.