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Reputation: 4074

pass parameter from jenkins parameterized build to windows batch command

I am starting to use Jenkins, which is a really great tool. We are using parameterized build, we define parameter such as branch name ${Branch} (e.g. dev, release, main etc).

In the build config, I can add a windows batch command, is there a way I can pass down these parameters to the batch command?

I tried to pass like "%${Branch}%" or "%Branch%", but seems not working.

Can anyone help?

Many Thanks

Upvotes: 21

Views: 54804

Answers (2)

DCT A
DCT A

Reputation: 21

I do not really get exactly what you mean branches because I am a bit new, but this worked for me if you are talking about how to do like yourcmd -a and have it run different code then the original and -b. In the dir, create two files with your parameter names eg -a.bat -b.bat You do not need to write any code in those. In the code for your command eg createfolder.bat Write

@echo off
if %~n1 == -a goto :aran
if %~n1 == -b goto :bran
:aran
Your first parameter code
cls
:bran
Your 2nd parameter code
cls

Hope it helped! You can even add up to 50 parameters!

Upvotes: 0

Slav
Slav

Reputation: 27485

Using Parameterized Build, you need to define parameters. The value of these will be prompted to you when you click "Build" link.

The name of the parameters should be a plain name, preferably without spaces, like Branch. Do not add any ${} or %% to definition of the parameter name.

In the build steps, like Execute Windows Batch Command, you can reference the parameter with regular batch syntax, like %Branch%.

If you would be on a *nix machine, you would use Execute shell build step and reference the parameter with regular bash syntax, like ${Branch}

Note that even when running on Windows, a lot of Jenkins plugins themselves take the parameters in *nix syntax, however the Execute Windows Batch Command will be batch-like, i.e. %Branch%.

So, you can try typing:
echo %Branch%

I also suggest putting just set command on a line by itself, and it will show you all environment variables available to you during the build process, which is quite useful.

Upvotes: 60

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