groovy script for adding Notify OSD alerts to grails events. Save as ~/.grails/scripts/_Events.groovy

_Events.groovy

// Documentation on Event hooks: http://grails.org/doc/latest/guide/4.%20The%20Command%20Line.html#4.3%20Hooking%20into%20Events
// Inspiration: http://www.anyware.co.uk/2005/2007/05/02/grails-script-notifications-via-growl/

Ant = new AntBuilder()

eventStatusFinal = { msg ->
   notifySend(msg)
}

void notifySend(String message) {
     Ant.exec(executable:"/usr/bin/notify-send") {
          arg(value:"-i")
          arg(value:"/my/link/to/grails.png")
          arg(value:"Grails")
          arg(value:message)
     }
}