# getOutputReader

@Incubating
abstract fun getOutputReader(): BufferedReader

A new BufferedReader of the textual output produced during the build.

This is equivalent to the console output produced when running a build from the command line. It contains both the standard output, and standard error output, of the build.

The caller is responsible for ensuring that the returned stream is closed.

#### Return

a reader of the build output

#### Since

9.3.0