I tried something like this in my mix.exs: def application do [ applications: [:logger, :httpoison, :poison], mod: {Test, []} ] end In my Test.ex: defmodule Test do use Application def start(_mode, _args) do System.argv |> Test.CLI.main end end But how do I pass argume…

Hello, You need escript for this job for example in your mix.exs you must pass escript: [main_module: MyApp] then in your module define something like this: defmodule MyApp do def main(args) do args |> parse_args |> process end def process([]) do IO.puts "No arguments given" end def proce…

Thanks! mix tasks seem to be the closest thing to what I initially intended.

My idea was to avoid the mix escript.build step. Looking at mix tasks, it seems like I would have to start all dependencies manually - so maybe an escript is still the more elegant solution. Thank you for your example!

Hello. I was looking for a thread similar to my original post which I can no longer reply to (Google group got closed): Redirecting to Google Groups My original solution was indeed based on escript, but in order to enable “-mode embedded” for code preloading I had to switch away from it and over t…

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benwilson512 October 17, 2016, 2:27pm 2

It sounds like you want a mix task or an escript.