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Man Wa kileleshwa
Man Wa kileleshwa

Reputation: 459

Using Windows XCOPY on Buildbot worker

I am using Buildbot 2.4.0 and I need to copy files from one folder on the worker to another folder on the same worker, just copying files around. I am struggling to use xcopy, basically it does not work.

from buildbot.plugins import steps

f.addStep(steps.ShellCommand(command=["cmd.exe /k", "xcopy Y:\sourcefile\j93n.exe Y:\dest\folder"],
                             workdir="build/directory"))

Does anyone have a working example of how I can use xcopy to copy files around on the worker? Is this the correct way to call xcopy. I'm using Windows

Regards

Upvotes: 0

Views: 43

Answers (1)

ienaxxx
ienaxxx

Reputation: 1300

f.addStep(steps.ShellCommand(command=["cmd.exe /k", "xcopy Y:\sourcefile\j93n.exe Y:\dest\folder\"],
                             workdir="build/directory"))

since the destination is a folder, you should add a backslash at the end. I don't know hot to escape in Buildbot worker, but if you know the escape char you can use it to enclose both source and destination in double quotes. For example:

f.addStep(steps.ShellCommand(command=["cmd.exe /k", "xcopy \"Y:\sourcefile\j93n.exe\" \"Y:\dest\folder\\""],
                             workdir="build/directory"))

But... if backslash is the escape char, then the problem is another... The paths should have been written differently.

Upvotes: 0

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