How to mark a build unstable in Jenkins when running shell scripts

Question

In a project I\'m working on, we are using shell scripts to execute different tasks. Some are sh/bash scripts that run rsync, and some are PHP scripts. One of the PHP script

Answer 1

I find the most flexible way to do this is by reading a file in the groovy post build plugin.

import hudson.FilePath
import java.io.InputStream

def build = Thread.currentThread().executable

String unstable = null
if(build.workspace.isRemote()) {
    channel = build.workspace.channel;
    fp = new FilePath(channel, build.workspace.toString() + "/build.properties")
    InputStream is = fp.read()
    unstable = is.text.trim()
} else {
    fp = new FilePath(new File(build.workspace.toString() + "/build.properties"))
    InputStream is = fp.read()
    unstable = is.text.trim()
}

manager.listener.logger.println("Build status file: " + unstable)
if (unstable.equalsIgnoreCase('true')) {
    manager.listener.logger.println('setting build to unstable')
    manager.buildUnstable()
}

If the file contents are 'true' the build will be set to unstable. This will work on the local master and on any slaves you run the job on, and for any kind of scripts that can write to disk.