Cannot publish artifacts with [] in the file name using service messages
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Hi,
We are trying to publish some logs as build artifacts but are encountering some problems due to the naming convention we use.
In particular, our log files are named as App1.exexxxx-date-[processId].4net.Log. We are getting the list of files to publish using a Powershell script that lists the files, does some additional checking on the files and then prints the publishArtifacts service message for the file.
However, because we have [] as characters in the name, if we attempt to do the following in the script
echo "##teamcity[publishArtifacts 'C:\BuildAgent\work\d8fe71b8f1b901d1\build\Logs\App1.exe11361-2022.07.11.20.30.35-[8896].4net.Log' => BuildLogs.zip]"
then we get the following error in the log (seems like it is splitting based on the ] after the processId, as the rest of the filename and the redirect for the artifacts is in a separate line)
##teamcity[publishArtifacts 'C:\BuildAgent\work\d8fe71b8f1b901d1\build\Logs\App1.exe11361-2022.07.11.20.30.35-[8896]Cannot extract text message ['C:\BuildAgent\work\d8fe71b8f1b901d1\build\Logs\App1.exe11361-2022.07.11.20.30.35-[8896].4net.Log' => BuildLogs.zip]
(Note: text in bold is what is marked in yellow/as a warning in TeamCity)
We have attempted also to escape the [ and ] characters using |[ and |] instead
echo "##teamcity[publishArtifacts 'C:\BuildAgent\work\d8fe71b8f1b901d1\build\Logs\App1.exe11361-2022.07.11.20.30.35-|[8896|].4net.Log' => BuildLogs.zip]"
but that still doesn't work and the log shows the following
##teamcity[publishArtifacts 'C:\BuildAgent\work\d8fe71b8f1b901d1\build\Logs\App1.exe11361-2022.07.11.20.30.35-|[8896|].4net.Log' => BuildLogs.zip]
Cannot extract text message ['C:\BuildAgent\work\d8fe71b8f1b901d1\build\Logs\App1.exe11361-2022.07.11.20.30.35-|[8896|].4net.Log' => BuildLogs.zip]
(Note: text in bold is what is marked in yellow/as a warning in TeamCity)
Does the escaping not work for publishArtifacts service message or are we missing some thing in how should we publish the files as artifacts?
Using: TeamCity Professional 2022.04.1 (build 108575)
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It is required to escape the [ and ] characters with |[ and |] respectively. However there is another syntax issue in your service message, please try including `=> BuildLogs.zip` in your quotes like this:
Oh! That single quote on the wrong place was the trick indeed! Thank you so much!