I have written a simple script via PowerShell to gather some files and zip them into one folder, lets call it Script.ps1. I want to make the script run every time Jenkins does a new build, however I also would like the name of the zip file to be the BUILD_NUMBER.
How can I create a variable in PowerShell that is Jenkins's current build number? As of the moment I am calling the Script.ps1 in the execute shell section of configuration.
I'm not familiar with Jenkins, but I believe BUILD_NUMBER is an environment variable.
To access it in PowerShell, use $env:BUILD_NUMBER
E.g. If using 7-zip
7z.exe a "$env:BUILD_NUMBER.zip" C:\Build\Path
You can add arguments to your Script.ps1. Just use Param at the top of the script:
Param( $BuildNumber ) #must be first statement in script
# your current script goes here
then you can call the script passing BUILD_NUMBER as argument from Jenkins. Refer to this question for calling Powershell script with argument.
You could also use the Powershell Plugin, see here.
It allows you to enter PowerShell commands directly in a text box in Jenkins.
Then you can use the available environment variables (see docu of the plugin). The usage is a little cryptic:
(Get-Content ./Sources/SlmMachineControl/GUI/Project1.rc).replace("`"FileVersion`", `"1.0.0.0`"" ,"`"FileVersion`" `"2.3.$($env:BUILD_NUMBER).0`"") | Set-Content ./Sources/SlmMachineControl/GUI/Project1.rc
Also note the escaping of the double-quotes. Took me quite a while :)
