Try using it like this bash -c "echo $(pwd)"
On Wed, 8 Apr, 2020, 19:16 Shivani Shinde, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Thank you for responding. > I was initially using scripts only, but due to some reasons I need to > mention git URL in materials. > > I also tried using $(pwd) as suggested by you, but it gives me output as: > > [go] Task: echo $(pwd)took: 0.2s > $(pwd) > > > I understand using scripts is better way to deal with variables when > trying to export them, but I was trying to find if any other way exists. > > Thank you. > > On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 5:31:16 PM UTC+5:30, Ashwanth Kumar wrote: >> >> One thing I've learned working with GoCD for a while is, you don't want >> to use absolute paths anywhere. Especially when agents are run across >> different hosts or as ephemeral containers somewhere. >> >> To get the current pipeline path one can use something like $(pwd) or >> dirname etc. and use relative paths from that location. >> >> Another point is Tasks within a job don't share any session on a shell of >> any kind among them. So if you export a variable and try to use it in the >> next task or later within the job it wouldn't work. They will have to be >> specified at the environment, pipeline, stage or at a job level. The >> specificity goes in the reverse order. Also as a general convention I've >> achieved best results when these scripts are NOT in GoCD tasks but instead >> in a separate shell script file and added as part of the source code or via >> a separate ops repo material(s). >> >> HTH. >> >> On Wed, 8 Apr, 2020, 17:13 Shivani Shinde, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> I am having the hardest time dealing with variables for a task. >>> >>> What I want to achieve: >>> >>> 1. I want to pass a variable(pipeline's path) to the task which >>> generates builds. This is build command: >>> make build path="/pipeline_path" >>> >>> I tried setting variable *pipelinepath*, in the environment variable >>> path, and using it in the task as specified in the document like: >>> make build path=$pipelinepath >>> >>> or >>> >>> make build path="$pipelinepath" >>> >>> But it does not work! >>> >>> 2. I want to export certain variable assigning it a path of the >>> directory I git cloned. I have mentioned the git URL in Materials of >>> pipeline and mentioned destination directory as 'myProject'. >>> I want to do the following: >>> export myVar="/path/to/myProject" >>> >>> >>> I want to achieve this at task level. >>> >>> How can I work on this? Any help will be appreciated! >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> >>> CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential to >>> Alef Edge Inc., and may also be privileged, except where the email states >>> it can be disclosed. If this email is received in error, please do not >>> disclose the contents to anyone, notify the sender by return email, and >>> delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "go-cd" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/083817de-2527-4e3e-a53f-36d4a1b407f4%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/083817de-2527-4e3e-a53f-36d4a1b407f4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> > CONFIDENTIALITY. This email and any attachments are confidential to Alef > Edge Inc., and may also be privileged, except where the email states it > can be disclosed. If this email is received in error, please do not > disclose the contents to anyone, notify the sender by return email, and > delete this email (and any attachments) from your system. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "go-cd" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/ba9282ab-cf09-4be5-808a-4711cefe6d90%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/ba9282ab-cf09-4be5-808a-4711cefe6d90%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "go-cd" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/go-cd/CAD9m7CwALQuoEXNv3TNjAuGAJD1%2BPMU-kO5mzyrhddyREw7_HQ%40mail.gmail.com.
