I agree with Mark that the methodology sounds a little hinky. Nonetheless, it sounds like what you're looking for is a Build Parameter. Don't remember at this point whether that's built-in or offered as part of a plugin. But that's what it's called.
With Build Parameters enabled, you're presented a form after hitting "run." Fill in & submit the form & those values are passed to your job, which would then (with an extra build step) spit them out to file. HTH Ann On Thursday, June 28, 2012 5:55:04 AM UTC-4, Jan Seidel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I need an option that allows me to drop special notes into a plain text > file. > This must happen before some Jenkins jobs start to run as that text will > be pasted into release notes. > It must handle hardcoded locations/filenames. > > In best case does each job have its own textarea/editor which points to a > specific file. > I was thinking about plugins. There is afaik a plugin that allows JScript > but I'm not sure if this also applies on pages from jobs. If so a plain > wysiwyg editor could be added if it supports hardcoded paths/file names > (hints about a good editor are highly appreciated). > > It should be located either in the description of a jobs main page or on > the configuration page of the build. > Using the built-in text parameter is not working well. The content is > passed throug the entire build pipeline, prohibits certain characters and > may even wreck the ant calls to build. > I was also thinking about installing a mini web-server and add a link to > that server to manipulate from outside but this is absolutely not my > favorite approach. > > Do you have any ideas, suggestions or even plugins at hand for this task? > > Cheers > Jan > -- ********************************************************** Privileged and/or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or are not responsible for delivery of this message to that person) , you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and notify the sender by reply e-mail. If you or your employer do not consent to Internet e-mail for messages of this kind, please advise the sender. Shaw Industries does not provide or endorse any opinions, conclusions or other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the company or its subsidiaries. **********************************************************
