const spawn = require( "child_process" ).spawn; var server; gulp.task( "gae", function() { if ( server ) server.kill(); server = spawn( "python", [ 'C:/Users//AppData/Local/Google/Cloud SDK/google-cloud-sdk/bin/dev_appserver.py', "--port", "8080", "" ], { stdio: "inherit" } ); } ); process.on( "exit", function() { if ( server ) server.kill(); } );