Thanks for the suggestion of using $WORKSPACE, that's an improvement. I still don't know why Jenkins thought the primary workspace was in use but since the problem has disappeared, I won't worry about it for now.
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:09 AM [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there some way for me to find out *why* Jenkins thought the default > named workspace was already in use? Our scripts make assumptions about the > workspace location and if Jenkins appends something ("@2") to the name of > the folder it won't work. > > It's very strange that Jenkins thought the workspace was in use, since you > only have one executor on the agent. However, leaving that aside for the > moment, why not use $WORKSPACE to get the name of the folder? Hard-coding > the name is an anti-pattern that will be a problem if you ever want to use > concurrent builds, or (I think) matrix builds. > > -- > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or > privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If > you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the > addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not > use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to > the e-mail. > Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and > not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. > Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any > attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any > damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be > transmitted in or with the message. > Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England > and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and > Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/790ba44d8a6e4fe7aa588abeff23e121%40Diamond.ac.uk > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CALg80NUNcUuP_sR7_ZfVrpNqnQgrywEZUrRtm49ivw%2BfV4LFbA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
