[Buildbot-devel] DirectoryUpload

[Marcus Lindblom]

René Müller wrote:
> Marcus Lindblom schrieb:
>  
>> We've solved it by compressing everything into an archive, upload that 
>> and unpack it on the master. It helps with bandwidth too. ;)
> 
> Well, bandwidth is not the problem, all machines are in an local network.

Well, we had a few gigs of documentation for each platform, so it 
mattered to us. :)

> I already had the idea to put everything into one archive and upload it,
> but I have no idea how to unpack it. The build is working on the slave
> and after uploading the archive, I have it on the master. Do you use a
> cronjob or something like this on the master to unpack it? Or I'm
> missing some buildstep?

We actually uploaded and unpacked everything with ssh/scp running from 
ShellCommands on the slave. However, IIRC there has been talk on the 
list about a MasterShellCommand step, that might help.

If not, then I guess the DirectoryUpload is a workable solution. I think 
it's useful anyway, as it simplifies things a bit.

Cheers,
/Marcus