How can I get TeamCity to verify a generated file - teamcity

My TeamCity build runs my build successfully, but I need to verify it is generating a specific file.
Specifically I can run gradle assemble for Android, but I need to know if a specific .apk file is created and fail if not.
I've tried setting the apk as an artifact, but I cannot fail if artifact wasn't created. Is this possible?

I've tried setting the apk as an artifact, but I cannot fail if artifact wasn't created.
Create script (i.e. bash/perl/php etc) to test what you need and make if fail (return 0 as return code) when your requirement is not met. Then invoke this script as separate build step in your project.

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Can i make changes to a file in maven builded without building it again?

I am having a maven project where it will build and run through JBOSS. But every time I make a change in any of the project files, I have to build the whole code again which will give a .war file. Is there a way to change the files without having to build the code again?
No.
There may be a way to test your code changes without running a full Maven build, but you cannot change the resulting WAR without rebuilding it.

In teamcity, can an artifact be executed in a build step?

For example, project A generates two artifacts processor.exe and t.txt. Then in project B, can I add a build step to execute processor.exe t.txt?
I know there are two Runner types(.NET Process Runner and Command Line) that can execute programs. But how to get the paths of these artifacts?
Yes, I think it should be possible to run with Command Line runner *.exe file generated by other build.
You just have to make sure that build agent which runs Project A outputs these artifacts to place where build agent which runs Project B has access (in case if you have single agent it's not a concern obviously). And probably placing these artifacts into agent's working directory is not the best place because it can be cleared by doing clean checkout from VCS. Just choose some generic directory on the server and specify it for artifact output in Project A and then for Command Line runner in Project B.

How to Build a maven project using script file?

I have created a maven project in STS.I completed the development and testing code for my project.If now I want to run or build this project, then I have to do the following
Right click on the project-->Run as-->Run on Server (or)
Right click on the project-->Run as-->Maven Build
If I want to run the test code then
Right click on the class file-->Run as-->Run JUnit
But I want to create a text file I mean script file to run all these commands when I run this script file from the cmd prompt. I have found out on a web site that I should create a PowerShell file, So I don't cognize how to compose a script file like this, is there any example file for it ?
Please, anybody can help me
You can just run mvn clean install on your project root folder (i.e. where your pom.xml file is) in cmd prompt. This command will trigger your project default build lifecycle covering a number of build phases including:
validate
compile
test
package
integration-test
integration
verify
install
During these build phases, Maven will validate and compile your project, run tests (if any) against your codes, package the resultant binaries into say, a JAR file, run integration tests (if any) against your JAR, verify it, and then install the verified package to your local .m2 repository.
If you really want a script, then just add mvn clean install to your batch file.

How to access test artifacts from Jenkins if test fails

I have a Maven project which performs a number of time consuming tests as part of the integration-test Maven cycle. I'm using Jenkins as the CI server.
During the integration test a number of files are produced in the target folder. For example, an "actual" BMP file is produced and compared to an "expected" BMP file. If the test fails, I need to look at the files in the target folder to determine how to deal with the error. Maybe the actual BMP looks fine and so it should be promoted to the new expected BMP. On the other hand, it may reveal a problem that requires a code fix.
The thing is I don't have any way to get access to these files, other than to ssh into the CI server and manually scp the files over to my own machine for closer inspection. It would be extremely helpful if I could access these files from the Jenkins web interface.
I tried using the build-helper-maven-plugin to attach the relevant files as Maven artifacts, but the problem is that there is no suitable phase in Maven that executes after an integration-test, if any test fails.
What can I do? Can I use the "Copy Artifact" plugin for this?
1) The files in the target folder can be accessed using a link such as /ws/projectname/target/filename...
2) Rather than typing the url each time, the SideBar plugin can be used to add a link to the file to Jenkins' left menu, making it easily accessible.
You need to copy your files into your workspace in a build step and archive them from there - Jenkins lets you specify artifacts only relative to the workspace.
I usually create a directory keyed by the BUILD_ID in the workspace, so that artifacts from different builds do not get mixed up in case I do not clean the workspace and archive from there (specifying ${BUILD_ID}/**/* in the archiving step).
In case your build fails before it can run the copying step and because of it does not do the copy, take a look at this question.

Failed build trigger in team city TeamCity

Is it possible to Trigger an exe to run on a failed build? Can you do this within Team City?
If you specifically want the failed builds, you can set up the dependent build as Eric said, and have that secondary buildscript use the REST API to pull up a list of the failed builds for the actual project.
If the latest build is in that failed builds list, then tell the build script to run the executable. If not, then you're all done!
http://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/TW/REST+API+Plugin
I don't think it's possible to trigger an executable to run only on failed TeamCity builds. TeamCity usually allows you to do things either always or only upon successful builds.
It would be possible to trigger an executable to run after this build is finished (failed or successful).
If that would work for you, you could set up a new build configuration that runs the executable. The new build configuration would have a "finish build" trigger. This would cause the executable to be run whenever the other build is completed.
You should add another build step with the exe you want to run and set the correct option to execute.execution options

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