# \#pipe\_base

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## [Output directory soon required for CmdLineTasks](https://www.rubin.community/t/output-directory-soon-required-for-cmdlinetasks/598)

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**Author:** [@price](https://www.rubin.community/u/price)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/output-directory-soon-required-for-cmdlinetasks/598 "2016-03-16T17:51:10Z")

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There are three ways of specifying an output directory through the ArgumentParser used by our CmdLineTasks: --output command-line argument: specify an output directory directly --rerun command-line argument: specify…