<![CDATA[run system commands on save if certain criteria are met]]>I was wondering, is it possible to get Notepad++ to run some system commands if the current file’s folder meets some criteria?

I use clasp for developing Google Apps Script code. When you have a local copy of a Google Apps Script project the folder will have a .clasp.json file in it.

I want it so if when I save a file and the folder has this .clasp.json file then it should automatically run a system command: cmd /c "cd $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY) && clasp push".

Is this possible? I saw NppEventExec but could not figure out how to get it to do what I am after.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18164/run-system-commands-on-save-if-certain-criteria-are-metRSS for NodeSun, 19 Apr 2026 09:35:49 GMTSat, 31 Aug 2019 03:58:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to run system commands on save if certain criteria are met on Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:30:31 GMT]]>Humm. Thank you! I will give it a try.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46825https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46825Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:30:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to run system commands on save if certain criteria are met on Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:30:48 GMT]]>@imthenachoman

Yes, using the Pythonscript plugin for Notepad++ :

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from Npp import editor, notepad, NOTIFICATION

def callback_npp_FILESAVED(args):
    for (filename, bufferID, index, view) in notepad.getFiles():
        if bufferID == args['bufferID']:
            # do your stuff with "filename" file here
            break

notepad.callback(callback_npp_FILESAVED, [NOTIFICATION.FILESAVED])
]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46794https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46794Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:30:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to run system commands on save if certain criteria are met on Wed, 04 Sep 2019 16:20:02 GMT]]>I don’t know Lua but I know Python. So I could create a Python script to run a function on save that would check for the existence of a specific file in the directory and then run other system commands?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46790https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46790Wed, 04 Sep 2019 16:20:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to run system commands on save if certain criteria are met on Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:09:05 GMT]]>@imthenachoman said:

I was wondering, is it possible to get Notepad++ to run some system commands if the current file’s folder meets some criteria?

you should use lua or python script plugin for get notification when file is being saved

link text

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46712https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/46712Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:09:05 GMT