Azure DevOps Pipelines: Create a text file with the current build number

Question

I have a build and pipeline setup to build a solution and then upload the finished .exe file via ftp upload to my website. Everything works fine and I have it setup to make a new folder named $Build.BuildNumber (20181218.4 for example) with the .exe file in it so I can keep an archive of my finished builds.

Now I want to write the BuildNumber to a text file sitting somewhere in the root directory with a static path/url so my programms can read the file and get the newest build number and download the newest .exe.

How can I automate the process of creating such a text file with Azure DevOps Pipelines?

You can use a powerhsell task that will create this text file — Thomas, Dec 18 '18 at 20:56

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited May 10 '22 at 10:01

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You can create a text file using powershell task.

use following commands inside powershel task

New-Item pathtoFile\test.txt
Set-Content pathToFile\test.txt '$(Build.BuildNumber)'

edited May 10 '22 at 10:01

Fabian Bigler

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answered Jun 21 '19 at 09:57

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For me `Set-Content pathToFile\test.txt '$(Build.BuildNumber)'` worked. – Marco G Aug 17 '21 at 22:50
fixed from $Build.BuildNumber to $(Build.BuildNumber) – Fabian Bigler May 10 '22 at 10:05

Azure DevOps Pipelines: Create a text file with the current build number

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