TeamCity, passing an id generated in one build step to a later build step

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Mike Jr picture Mike Jr · Nov 21, 2011 · Viewed 34.2k times · Source

New to TeamCity. I have multiple build steps. Step 3 generates an id that is needed in step 4. What is the best way to pass the id (a string) between step 3 and step 4? The build steps are written in Ruby. Can I set an environment variable?

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Maria Khalusova picture Maria Khalusova · Nov 22, 2011

Yes, you can set an environment variable in one build step and use it in the following step. You will need to use a service message in your build script as described here http://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/TCD65/Build+Script+Interaction+with+TeamCity#BuildScriptInteractionwithTeamCity-AddingorChangingaBuildParameterfromaBuildStep to dynamically update a build parameter, which you can use in the next step. Note, that it won't be available in the step that generates it, only in the next one.

Note that to set the variable, it must be written out somehow (echo for bash command-line, write-host for Powershell), in quotes. Example:

echo "##teamcity[setParameter name='env.ENV_AAA' value='aaaaaaaaaa']"

and to use this variable write %env.ENV_AAA% in the box in the next build step (Atleast in TeamCity 9.1.7))

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