Powershell in CruiseControl.net to backup existing folder before deploying new version of the code

Question

Hi

I would like to zip a bunch of files (.exe and .dll) before I overwrite them with the new build. Is there a simple way to zip files without using some sort of dll?

Just creating a folder with the build number / date time stamp will also work great. How do I pass parameters from the cruise control build process into my Powershell script that will do the work then?

Is this a sustainable way to do things?

Thanks

Answer 1

You could either use CCNET's Package Publisher Task directly or zip the files via the PowerShell Task introduced in CCNET 1.5.

Configuration sample for PowerShell Task:

<powershell>
  <description>Adding scheduled jobs</description>
  <scriptsDirectory>ScheduledTasks</scriptsDirectory>
  <script>CreateScheduledJobsFromListOfTasks.ps1</script>
  <buildArgs>-zipDir="C:\foo"</buildArgs>
</powershell>