Add file as parameter - teamcity

I want to attach a file as env parameter. But in settings there is only text type of parameter. I couldn't just copy-past from file and add it as plain text. Because the file has a binary type(could be open with pickle etc). Is it some other way to solve this problem?

A workaround for passing a file as a parameter would be to :
copy the file to all the build agents that can run the build (at location %FileAsParamLocation%)
pass its location as a build parameter : %FileAsParamLocation%
If you have only one build agent, or if all your build agents run on the same machine, then you only need to copy the file once. Else you should copy the parameter-file to every agent, at the same %FileAsParamLocation%.

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Writer initialization failed.Error opening output file.The system cannot find the path specified

In informatica pc I got an error like Writer initialization failed.Error opening output file.The system cannot find the path specified.
Even I checked the directories and file names but what exactly confused.
It's exactly as it says: the Writer failed to initialize, as it was not able to locate the path and file specified.
Note that PowerCenter Workflows and Mappings are executed on the Server. So while you develop on your local laptop (for example) and place a file in C:\Temp folder, and you are able to see the file, once you run the process, it will be executed on the Server. And the Server will not refer your laptop. It will look for C:\Temp location on its local disk. And if that's a unix box, there won't even be a C: path!
Hence, the process will fail with exactly the message you've seen: initialization failed, error opening output file. You need to place the file in the location accessible by Server.
In case of Writer, you name target location where the file will be created - make sure the user used by PowerCenter does have the write access.

CLI Go Config.toml file location

I am attempting to test a Golang application hauser locally on via -bash CLI before deploying on a VM.
Per the documentation, I compiled locally and copied the example-config.toml file. I then mapped to the GOPATH and opened hauser.exe to open config.toml file. However, when I execute, it returns open config.toml: no such file or directory
C02Z30ANLVDV:~ pmcgin2$ $GOPATH/bin/hauser -c Documents/go/bin/config.toml
2020/08/14 18:05:23 Cannot find folder , make sure it exists
C02Z30ANLVDV:~ pmcgin2$ open Documents/go/bin/config.toml
No application knows how to open /Users/pmcgin2/Documents/go/bin/config.toml.
Is there an alternative command I can execute to override the default config.toml location for an application like this?
There are two possibilities to solve your issue:
give an absolute path as argument:
$GOPATH/bin/hauser -c /Users/pmcgin2/Documents/go/bin/config.toml
give a relative path from the binary location:
$GOPATH/bin/hauser -c config.toml
Generally, it is easier to use absolute paths.

Silent installation of git through use of .bat file on Windows

I am currently working on a Windows batch file that will allow me to silently install git (the executable for which will be placed in the folder that the .bat file will be running from) in a pre-specified location on the file system.
I've found this article which seems to provide some suitable advice:
https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki/Silent-or-Unattended-Installation
However, I'm not entirely sure what parameters I would need to mention in my LOADINF file. I would like to pre-define the options that the user would manually select throughout the various stages of installation, so that it can run through from start to finish without prompting anything from the user.
Can anyone help or point me to a place where I can find these parameters and their available values?
Create a file, for eg. my-config.cnf (or my-config.ini) with the following content:
[Setup]
Lang=default
Dir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Git
Group=Git
NoIcons=0
SetupType=default
...
<other options as shown in the msysgit wiki>
Now, in the batch file, when you execute the installation file (say msysgit-install.exe), use /LOADINF as follows:
msysgit-install.exe /SILENT /LOADINF="my-config.cnf"

Set global environment variables inside Xcode build phase run script

I'm using Jenkins to do continuous integration builds. I have quite a few jobs that have much of the same configuration code. I'm in the midst of pulling this all out into a common script file that I'd like to run pre and post build.
I've been unable to figure out how to set some environment variables within that script, so that both the Xcode build command, and the Jenkins build can see them.
Does anyone know if this is possible?
It is not possible to do exactly what you ask. A process cannot change the environment variables of another process. The pre and post and actual build steps run in different processes.
But you can create a script that sets the common environment variables and share that script between all your builds.
The would first call your shell to execute the commands in the script and then call xcodebuild:
# Note the dot in the beginning of the next line. It is not a typo.
. set_environment.sh
xcodebuild myawesomeapp.xcodeproj
The script could look like this:
export VARIABLE1=value1
export VARIABLE2=value2
How exactly your jobs will share the script depends on your environment and use case. You can
place the script in some well-known location on the Jenkins host or
place the script in the version controlled source tree if all your jobs share the same repository or
place the script in a repository of its own and make a Jenkins build which archives the script as a build artifact. All the other jobs would then use Copy Artifact plugin to get a copy of the script from the artifacts of script job.
From Apple's Technical Q&A QA1067 it appears that if you create the file /Users/YOU/.MacOSX/environment.plist and populate it with your desired environment variables that all processes (launched by the user with the environment.plist file in their home dir) will pick up these environment variables. You may need to restart your computer (or just log out and back in) before a newly launched process will pick up the variables.
This article also claims that Xcode will also pass these variables to a build phase script. I have not tested it yet but next time I restart my MacBook I will let you know if it worked.
From http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#/legacy/mac/library/qa/qa1067/_index.html
Q: How do I set environment for all processes launched by a specific
user?
A: It is actually a fairly simple process to set environment variables
for processes launched by a specific user.
There is a special environment file which loginwindow searches for
each time a user logs in. The environment file is:
~/.MacOSX/environment.plist (be careful it's case sensitive). Where
'~' is the home directory of the user we are interested in. You will
have to create the .MacOSX directory yourself using terminal (by
typing mkdir .MacOSX). You will also have to create the environment
file yourself. The environment file is actually in XML/plist format
(make sure to add the .plist extension to the end of the filename or
this won't work).

Pack setup files to single executable setup

I have an old setup of the old program written on c++ which contains multiple installation files files.
_SETUP.1
_SETUP.DLL
_INST32I.EX_
_ISDEL.EXE
SETUP.EXE
DISK1.ID
SETUP.INI
SETUP.INS
_SETUP.LIB
SETUP.PKG
I want to combine all that in to single executable file and i want to execute SETUP.EXE when user would run that single executable. Is it possible to achieve somehow?
The easiest way is simple create archive and say to user to to unpack that and to run SETUP.EXE but i am just wondering may be i can create setup like i describe above.
IExpress.exe is ideal for your job. Google for samples. It is included in your Windows installation. Just open a Command Prompt and type iexpress.exe - this starts a wizard that helps you getting started.

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