local variables in build forge steps

Steffen Kriese (38●19●21) | asked Jan 29 '14, 10:45 a.m.

Hello,

I want to use a local variable in a step. My test case on linux looks like this:

x=123
echo $x

build forge transforms this to.

118	29.01.14 09:30		SCRIPT	x=123
119	29.01.14 09:30		SCRIPT	echo x

and the output is

121	29.01.14 09:30		EXEC	x

looks like the pre parsing needs to be turned off for variable x.
Any idea hoe to do this?

Thanx, Steffen

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Spencer Murata (2.3k●11●59●71) | answered Jan 29 '14, 10:54 a.m.
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If you want to turn off the BuildForge preparsing, _NO_PREPARSE_COMMAND can be set on the environment (set to anything) and that will bypass the Build Forge parsing. Alternatively you can double up the $, like $$x, then Build Forge will interpret it down to $x, leaving the rest to the shell.

~Spencer

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Steffen Kriese (38●19●21) | answered Jan 30 '14, 2:53 a.m.

Hello,

I changed my code as follows:

x=123
echo $$x
echo $x

but I don't get the 123 echoed.

here is the log:

115	30.01.14 01:49		EXEC	Variablenerweiterung für Befehlszeile ausführen.
116	30.01.14 01:49		SET	Verweis auf nicht definierte Variable: x.
117	30.01.14 01:49		SET	Verweis auf nicht definierte Variable: x.
118	30.01.14 01:49		EXEC	Shell [/bin/bash] wird gestartet.
119	30.01.14 01:49		SCRIPT	#!/bin/bash
120	30.01.14 01:49		SCRIPT	
121	30.01.14 01:49		SCRIPT	x=123
122	30.01.14 01:49		SCRIPT	echo $x
123	30.01.14 01:49		SCRIPT	echo x
124	30.01.14 01:49		EXEC	[/home/buildforge/Library_Build/BUILD_21@bflxx861.boeblingen.de.ibm.com] starten
125	30.01.14 01:49		EXEC	x
126	30.01.14 01:49		EXEC	x
127	30.01.14 01:49		EXEC	[/home/buildforge/Library_Build/BUILD_21@bflxx861.boeblingen.de.ibm.com] beenden
128	30.01.14 01:49		RESULT	0

Kind Regards, Steffen

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Spencer Murata commented Jan 30 '14, 8:24 a.m.

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You should declare the variable in the BF step using .tset or make the command runnable as one line like "x=123 && echo $$x". Otherwise the change will be lost when BF generates the new shell for the next line. The best practice here is to declare the variable in BF and not to rely on the shell variables themselves.

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