Started implementation of task.exec

index.js

@@ -170,13 +170,35 @@ module.exports = function(opts) {
 
     Run the specified task, with the provided arguments.
 
+    alias: `task.spawn`
+
   **/
-  task.run = function(target) {
+  task.run = task.spawn = function(target) {
     return task.prepare(target).apply(
       null,
       [].slice.call(arguments, 1)
     );
   };
 
+  /**
+    ### task.exec(args, callback)
+
+    Using the args specified, run a task and execute the callback once the task
+    has completed. The task name is passed in `args[0]` with `args.slice(1)`
+    containing any parameters that should be passed to the task when it is
+    run.
+
+    The `task.exec` function has been optimized for use with a
+    [pull-stream](https://github.com/dominictarr/pull-stream) sink.
+
+  **/
+  task.exec = function(args, callback) {
+    // extract the task name
+    var name = args.splice(0)[0];
+
+    // prepare the task
+    var t = task.prepare(name);
+  };
+
   return task;
 };