Double backslashes are converted to a single one when variables are passed between builds

Continua CI Bugs
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I have one build that starts a second one when it’s successful. One of the variables passed from the first build to the second one is a UNC path. The first build has the correct value starting with \. The second build only has one backslash, which, of course, causes all copy/move operations to fail. Using Continua 1.8.0.243

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Hi Miruna,

We have not been able to reproduce this. I assume that you have mapped the variable in the trigger Variables tab - e.g. uncpathvar: %uncpathvar%? In our tests the variable is unchanged in the output from a Log Entry action and when used in a Copy action. Where can you see that the variable is changed?  Can you send us your build log?

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Can you also let us know how the variable is set up? 

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I took a closer look. The value gets set in the first build from a FinalBuilder 8 script through a “Continua CI - Set Variable” action. This is actually where the slash is lost. The second build getting triggered from this one is irrelevant.

Continua log snippet containing the embedded FB log:

9:10:32 AMLog Variable Values [Variables: archiveLocation,buildDir]
9:10:32 AMCurrent variable values :
9:10:32 AMarchiveLocation = \v-buildserver\builds\Workflow\11.0 Builds_SUCCEEDED
9:10:32 AMbuildDir = \v-buildserver\builds\Workflow\11.0 Builds
9:10:32 AMSuccess
9:10:32 AMContinua CI - Set Variable - [FinalBuilderScriptStatus]
9:10:11 AMVariable ‘%finalbuilderscriptstatus%’ has been set to ‘SUCCEEDED’.
9:10:32 AMContinua CI - Set Variable - [ArchiveLocation]
9:10:11 AMVariable ‘%archivelocation%’ has been set to ‘\v-buildserver\builds\Workflow\11.0 Builds_SUCCEEDED’.

(Side note: i find it weird that the log lists actions with timestamps 20 seconds before the action above).

The “Continua CI - Set Variable” action just sets “archiveLocation” to FinalBuilder’s %archiveLocation%.

The FinalBuilder log itself looks like this:
@@continua[setvariable name=‘ArchiveLocation’, value=’\v-buildserver\builds\Workflow\11.0 Builds_SUCCEEDED’ skipIfNotDefined=‘true’]

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Hi Miruna,

Which version of FinalBuilder are you using? We adedd backslash escaping to the ContinuaCI logger for FinalBuilder in v8.0.0.1351 and v7.0.0.3472. 

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8.0.0.1432

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Hi Miruna,

I checked with the Finalbuilder team and the fix was actually implemented four weeks ago so you would need to install the latest version 8.0.0.1864.


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Will do. Thanks for looking into it.