Jenkins always considers a build successful using batch/bat

Question

I just joined a company that uses batch files to build a C++ project. The batch does all sorts of things (updates svn, which is now done by jenkins), creates build folders, deletes unnecessary files after building, copies library files to the build folder, etc.

My problem is Jenkins always considers the build successful, even when it´s not. The .bat file creates a file called errormake.txt when something goes wrong. How do I make jenkins read that and mark the build as a failure?

Also, is there any way I can find out the build folder Jenkins created from inside the .bat file (maybe send a variable when I call the batch file)?

This is the single line I'm currently using to call the .bat file:

call "C:\Source\BuildVersion\AppName\build_version.bat" 

Edit: Also, this project is split up into several SVN repositories. %SVN_REVISION% is blank. How can I get the correct %SVN_REVISION% from the first repository (the main one)?

Answer 1

To answer each of your questions -

• Jenkins always return "SUCCESS", even when the Job actually failed:

  Jenkins sets the status of the Job, based on the return-code of the last command
  that ran in each "Execute windows batch command" block.
  If your last command is copy some.log D:,
  Jenkins thinks everything is OK
  (If the 'copy' command went fine...)

  Use EXIT xx or EXIT /B xx, depending on your OS,
  where 'xx' is some integer greater than zero.

• How do I make Jenkins mark the build as a failure, based on a log-file:

  Use the Text-finder Plugin, as mentioned by sdmythos_gr .

• Is there any way I can find out the build folder Jenkins created:

  There are a few parameters that are available as environment-variables
  for each script that runs under Jenkins - see here for the list of those parameters:
  Jenkins Environment Variables.

  To your question:
  

  • %WORKSPACE% - The absolute path of the workspace
  • %BUILD_NUMBER% - The current build number, such as "153"
  • %BUILD_ID% - The current build id, such as "2005-08-22_23-59-59"
    (YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss)
    
    

• How can I get the correct %SVN_REVISION% from the first repository:

  This answer is from the same link:

  • %SVN_REVISION% - For Subversion-based projects,
    this variable contains the revision number of the module.
    If you have more than one module specified, this won't be set.

Hope that helps