That nips that in the bud.  Thank you for your timely response.

On Jan 13, 3:16 pm, Ruben Willems <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> the state file is recreated at every build,
> so to just store an extra value there, is not recommended,
> unless you adjust the source.
>
> with kind regards
> Ruben Willems
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Randy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Can anybody see a downside to adding a field to the .state file?  I
> > was trying to set a boolean environment variable (isBuild = {y,n})
> > from within the build based on whether the task running was an actual
> > software build or not.  That didn't work out too well since
> > environment variables can't be changed from within the environment.
> > My next thought was to write this status indicator to a file and since
> > the state file is already being maintaned for each build, it seemed
> > like a good idea to just add another field.
>
> > However, I don't know what the ramifications would be (would it cause
> > a problem with some other part of cruisecontrol.net).
>
> > Any thoughts (or any other ideas on how to handle this).
>
> > Also, if the state file is deleted, at what point during the build is
> > it recreated?
>
> > Thank you,
>
> > Randy Neidigh- Hide quoted text -
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