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Passing parameters to a build script
There are three places where parameters can be specified that affect the outcome of a
build.
As attributes of a builder
Builder parameters are passed to the build script, after variable substitution is
performed. Variables are substituted based upon the following syntax:
$(variable_name)
To pass parameters to your build script, specify them in the Parameters
attribute of the builder. TeamConnection sets these variables before invoking
the build script.
Note: If the command teamcbld included the -n flag, then the build script will
process the tcbldenv.lst, tcbldin.lst, and the tcbldout.lst files instead of
the variables set by the Parameters attribute.
In UNIX environments, you need to include an escape character before the $
character, for example: \$(TC_INPUT).
You can use the following TeamConnection environment variables:
TC_BUILD_USER
The user ID of the TeamConnection user who submitted the build.
TC_FAMILY
The TeamConnection family.
TC_RELEASE
The release of the parts that are being built.
TC_LOCATION
The current directory where the build script runs.
TC_INPUT
A list of the TeamConnection parts that are input to the object being
built.
TC_INPUTTYPE
Identifies each input type.
Note: There is a one-to-one relationship between each object in the
TC_INPUT list and this list of types (TCPart, for example).
TC_OUTPUT
A list of the parts that are being built in this build event.
TC_OUTPUTTYPE
Identifies each output type. The default is file.
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