• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Component/s: export-params-plugin
• Labels:

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• Environment:

  jenkins ver. 1.652
  Export Prameters plugin version - 1.9
  operating system - windows 2012 R2

[JENKINS-43905] Problem with Export Parameters to file in case of Parameters with value as windows files paths

Krishna Donkada created issue - 2017-04-27 13:50

Krishna Donkada made changes - 2017-04-27 13:51

Description

Original: I have a Parameter in jenkins job whose value is a windows file path.for example , consider the following parameter *LICENSE_FILE*=*C:\Softwares\abc.lic* after this i have used the Build action "Export Parameters to File " and i have configured this action to export parameters to a file which is of format .properties. for example let the file name to which i exported parameters be "installer.properties" after the build is done . if i verify the contents of the installer.properties file , the parameter LICENSE_FILE  has reflected in the file in the following format          LICENSE_FILE=*C\:\\Softwares\\abc.lic* There is "\" after the colon (:) and there is an extra "\" for each "\" in the value of the parameter .  Because of this issue i was not able to export the value i intended to the properties file

New: I have a Parameter in jenkins job whose value is a windows file path.for example , consider the following parameter *LICENSE_FILE*=*C:\Softwares\abc.lic* after this i have used the Build action "Export Parameters to File " and i have configured this action to export parameters to a file which is of format .properties. for example let the file name to which i exported parameters be "installer.properties" after the build is done . if i verify the contents of the installer.properties file , the parameter LICENSE_FILE  has reflected in the file in the following format          LICENSE_FILE=*C\:\\Softwares* *abc.lic* There is "\" after the colon ":" and there is an extra "\" for each "\" in the value of the parameter .  Because of this issue i was not able to export the value i intended to the properties file

Krishna Donkada made changes - 2017-04-27 13:51

Priority

Original: Minor [ 4 ]

New: Blocker [ 1 ]

Krishna Donkada made changes - 2017-04-27 13:53

Description

Original: I have a Parameter in jenkins job whose value is a windows file path.for example , consider the following parameter *LICENSE_FILE*=*C:\Softwares\abc.lic* after this i have used the Build action "Export Parameters to File " and i have configured this action to export parameters to a file which is of format .properties. for example let the file name to which i exported parameters be "installer.properties" after the build is done . if i verify the contents of the installer.properties file , the parameter LICENSE_FILE  has reflected in the file in the following format          LICENSE_FILE=*C\:\\Softwares* *abc.lic* There is "\" after the colon ":" and there is an extra "\" for each "\" in the value of the parameter .  Because of this issue i was not able to export the value i intended to the properties file

New: I have a Parameter in jenkins job whose value is a windows file path.for example , consider the following parameter *LICENSE_FILE*=*C:\Softwares\abc.lic* after this i have used the Build action "Export Parameters to File " and i have configured this action to export parameters to a file which is of format .properties. for example let the file name to which i exported parameters be "installer.properties" after the build is done . if i verify the contents of the installer.properties file , the parameter LICENSE_FILE  has reflected in the file in the following format   LICENSE_FILE=*C\:\\**Softwares\\**abc.lic* There is "\" after the colon ":" and there is an extra "\" for each "\" in the value of the parameter .  Because of this issue i was not able to export the value i intended to the properties file

Krishna Donkada made changes - 2017-04-27 13:54

Description

Original: I have a Parameter in jenkins job whose value is a windows file path.for example , consider the following parameter *LICENSE_FILE*=*C:\Softwares\abc.lic* after this i have used the Build action "Export Parameters to File " and i have configured this action to export parameters to a file which is of format .properties. for example let the file name to which i exported parameters be "installer.properties" after the build is done . if i verify the contents of the installer.properties file , the parameter LICENSE_FILE  has reflected in the file in the following format   LICENSE_FILE=*C\:\\**Softwares\\**abc.lic* There is "\" after the colon ":" and there is an extra "\" for each "\" in the value of the parameter .  Because of this issue i was not able to export the value i intended to the properties file

New: I have a Parameter in jenkins job whose value is a windows file path.for example , consider the following parameter *LICENSE_FILE*=*C:\Softwares\abc.lic* after this i have used the Build action "Export Parameters to File " and i have configured this action to export parameters to a file which is of format .properties. for example let the file name to which i exported parameters be "installer.properties" after the build is done . if i verify the contents of the installer.properties file , the parameter LICENSE_FILE  has reflected in the file in the following format  LICENSE_FILE=*C\:\\Softwares\\abc.lic* There is "\" after the colon ":" and there is an extra "\" for each "\" in the value of the parameter .  Because of this issue i was not able to export the value i intended to the properties file

Collapse comment: rin_ne added a comment - 2017-04-27 14:43, Edited by rin_ne - 2017-04-27 14:45

rin_ne added a comment - 2017-04-27 14:43 - edited

This is by design.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html#store%28java.io.Writer,%20java.lang.String%29

There is "\" after the colon ":"

Colon is special character for properties. No solution to suppress escaping.

there is an extra "\" for each "\" in the value of the parameter . 

Please escape '\' itself.
Or use '/' as separator. Windows Server can recognize '/' as path separator.

Another solution is to select other file format.

Expand comment: rin_ne added a comment - 2017-04-27 14:43, Edited by rin_ne - 2017-04-27 14:45

rin_ne added a comment - 2017-04-27 14:43 - edited This is by design. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html#store%28java.io.Writer,%20java.lang.String%29 There is "\" after the colon ":" Colon is special character for properties. No solution to suppress escaping. there is an extra "\" for each "\" in the value of the parameter .  Please escape '\' itself. Or use '/' as separator. Windows Server can recognize '/' as path separator. Another solution is to select other file format.

Collapse comment: Krishna Donkada added a comment - 2017-04-28 06:57

Krishna Donkada added a comment - 2017-04-28 06:57

Thanks for you reply

As per your inputs now i can use "/" instead of "\" as windows separator.
But is there absolutely no way i can handle the extra "\" because of colon , using this plugin ?

Expand comment: Krishna Donkada added a comment - 2017-04-28 06:57

Krishna Donkada added a comment - 2017-04-28 06:57 Thanks for you reply As per your inputs now i can use "/" instead of "\" as windows separator. But is there absolutely no way i can handle the extra "\" because of colon , using this plugin ?