I will use exec.Command with different arguments depending on a variable. I do cmd := exec.Command(...
in the if/else brackets , so cmd
is unusable outside of that scope. Is it possible to initialize cmd
above if/else so that it can be used afterward?
You can declare a typed variable before you have a value for it.
var cmd *exec.Cmd
// or
cmd := (*exec.Cmd)(nil)
Read more here https://golang.org/ref/spec#Variables and here https://golang.org/ref/spec#Variable_declarations.