> -----Original Message----- > From: sebb [mailto:seb...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 February 2012 8:59 PM > To: builds@apache.org > Subject: [buildbot] What tools are available to shell scripts? > > I'm trying to fix the script that creates the JMeter nightly builds listing. > > Turns out that Ubuntu (I assume the script runs on the master) and FreeBSD > don't agree on what options ls(1) uses to specify the date format. > [Seems unlikely that using find(1) -ls would be any better in this regard] > > I've tried using my Ubuntu VM and that does not even seem to agree with > the results from buildbot either. > > Rather than keep tweaking the shell script to fit the specific local dialect of > commands such as ls(1), is there a generic scripting language such as Perl that > is guaranteed to be available on buildbot?
gmcdonald@aegis:~$ perl -v This is perl, v5.10.1 (*) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi gmcdonald@aegis:~$ python -V Python 2.6.5 Take your pick Gav... > > I could then test the script on Minotaur (and my Ubuntu VM) and have some > hope of it working (and being easier to maintain) on buildbot.
