Recently, I noticed that the robocopy and Jenkins were not playing nice. My jobs kept failing even though robocopy was succeeding.
Eventually I figured out that Jenkins was expecting an error code of 0 to be returned and robocopy was returning error code 1 (as a success).
The following screenshot explains everything. You will also find the workaround a bit further down in this post.
robocopy errorlevel causes a failed jenkins build
Jenkins fails because it is expecting exit code 0 and robocopy is sending exit code 1
Issue History
This is related to Jenkins issue 7478:
Wrong EOL (UNIX type: LF) in Windows batch files executed for build steps of type “Execute Windows batch command”
Quick Fix
The quick fix, from superuser.com, is to run your robocopy like this:
(robocopy XXX YYY) ^& IF %ERRORLEVEL% LEQ 4 exit /B 0
Detailed Explanation
I prefer something a bit fancier that:
- Authenticates to a network share
- Runs robocopy as shown above
- Comments the hell out of everything
Here’s a jenkins script I use:
REM -- Authenticate with deployment location-- REM -- net use DOES NOT NEED A DRIVE LETTER!! -- REM -- w00t!! REM -- net use \\/user: \
REM -- Sync to Destination -- REM -- Robocopy. If error level less than or equal to four-- REM -- Exit with "0" so jenkins passes the build-- (robocopy %WORKSPACE%\\ \\ /mir /z /fp) ^& IF %ERRORLEVEL% LEQ 4 exit /B 0
:: START COMMENT SECTION (THIS WILL NOT APPEAR WHEN JOB RUNS) :: Details on Robocopy Params :: /FP :: Include Full Pathname of files in the output. :: /MIR :: MIrror a directory tree - equivalent to /PURGE plus all subfolders (/E) :: /Z :: Copy files in restartable mode (survive network glitch).
:: ROBOCOPY Exit Codes :: :: The return code from Robocopy is a bit map, defined as follows: :: :: Hex Decimal Meaning if set :: 0×10 16 Serious error. Robocopy did not copy any files. :: Either a usage error or an error due to insufficient access privileges :: on the source or destination directories. :: :: 0×08 8 Some files or directories could not be copied :: (copy errors occurred and the retry limit was exceeded). :: Check these errors further. :: :: 0×04 4 Some Mismatched files or directories were detected. :: Examine the output log. Some housekeeping may be needed. :: :: 0×02 2 Some Extra files or directories were detected. :: Examine the output log for details. :: :: 0×01 1 One or more files were copied successfully (that is, new files have arrived). :: :: 0×00 0 No errors occurred, and no copying was done. :: The source and destination directory trees are completely synchronized. :: END COMMENT SECTION (THIS WILL NOT APPEAR WHEN JOB RUNS)
Thanks