• Type: Improvement
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Priority: Minor
• Component/s: workflow-basic-steps-plugin
• Labels:

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• Environment:

  Jenkins 2.319.3
  Basic Steps 2.24

[JENKINS-68187] writeFile : Add the possibility to add content

Jean-Luc Pé created issue - 2022-04-04 13:10

Jean-Luc Pé made changes - 2022-04-04 13:10

Description

Original: Currently when calling writeFile on an existing file, the content to write overwrites the existing content. A parameter could be used to tell writeFile to add rather than erase. E.g. writeFile(     file:myLog.txt,     text:'An additional information',

New: Currently when calling writeFile on an existing file, the content to write overwrites the existing content.  A parameter could be used to tell writeFile to add rather than erase. E.g. writeFile(      [file:myLog.txt|file:///myLog.txt],      text:'An additional information',    _append: true_

Jean-Luc Pé made changes - 2022-04-04 13:11

Description

Original: Currently when calling writeFile on an existing file, the content to write overwrites the existing content.  A parameter could be used to tell writeFile to add rather than erase. E.g. writeFile(      [file:myLog.txt|file:///myLog.txt],      text:'An additional information',    _append: true_

New: Currently when calling writeFile on an existing file, the content to write overwrites the existing content.  A boolean parameter (append ?) could be used to tell writeFile to add rather than erase. E.g. {code:java} writeFile(      file:myLog.txt,      text:'An additional information',      append: true ){code}