Jenkins: How to set environment variables for ant task by “source script”

Question

Imagine a classic set_env.sh shell script which exports some environment variables which contents are calculated (non-static, depending on the file system).

In Jenkins , I'd like to execute this shell script and afterwards calling an ant build step using the previous environment from the script .

Is there a way to do that in jenkins?

Answer 1

Another way would be to use the Envinject plugin. This lets you "inject" environment variables from a file so that they become part of the build environment, usable by all build steps.

Answer 2

You'll need to source the script, as in

. set_env.sh

That way, variables it exports are available in subsequent shell commands.