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AbreQueVoy
AbreQueVoy

Reputation: 2316

Directory given in a variable gets never reached

There are two variables in my .gitlab-ci.yml file, both of them are used in the same script line:

variables:
  TEST_SERVER: 10.11.12.13
  BUILD_DIR: "/var/www/distrib"

[...]

script:
  - ssh skipper@$TEST_SERVER 'ls -la $BUILD_DIR'

The server IP gets picked up correctly, but the directory gets never reached (and it exists, of course). The directory contents listed below are obviously user's home dir contents:

$ ssh skipper@$TEST_SERVER 'ls -la $BUILD_DIR'
Warning: Permanently added '10.11.12.13' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
total 48
drwxr-xr-x  5 skipper skipper 4096 Mar 12 12:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 16 root     root     4096 Mar 11 09:29 ..
-rw-------  1 skipper skipper 2056 Mar 18 09:43 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--  1 skipper skipper  220 Mar 11 09:29 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--  1 skipper skipper 3771 Mar 11 09:29 .bashrc
drwx------  2 skipper skipper 4096 Mar 11 11:38 .cache
drwx------  3 skipper skipper 4096 Mar 11 11:38 .gnupg
-rw-r--r--  1 skipper skipper  807 Mar 11 09:29 .profile
drwx------  2 skipper root     4096 Mar 11 11:30 .ssh
-rw-------  1 skipper skipper 9800 Mar 12 12:03 .viminfo

I tried defining the directory variable with or without quotation marks, then calling it with double dollar sign ($$BUILD_DIR), but none of these attempts worked.

Any ideas what is wrong here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 34

Answers (1)

Rekovni
Rekovni

Reputation: 7384

I think the single quotes might be messing with the script section somewhat, as everything inside the single quotes is preserved literally.

Using double quotes round the ls should resolve the issue.

ssh skipper@$TEST_SERVER "ls -la $BUILD_DIR"

Upvotes: 1

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