Is it possible to automatically remove the scriptcs_bin directory after the deployment process takes place?
We are currently deploying an ASP.NET MVC project. As with all ASP.NET projects, there exists a bin directory. I assume that because we are using C# scripts during our NuGet package deployment, scriptcs copies the bin directory to scriptcs_bin (as per http://blog.scriptcs.net/2015/01/28/a-new-file-system/). I have tried removing said scriptcs_bin directory during the Post-deployment phase, but it doesn’t appear to be possible within the same NuGet package deployment step.
Does anyone have any experience (or solution) around this?
That’s an interesting problem! I think you’re right - you won’t be able to remove the scriptcs_bin directory with a script that effectively runs from that directory.
There are a couple of options I can think of.
If it’s possible, you could try using PowerShell instead of C# scripts. Of course that would mean rewriting them (I don’t know how complex they are), so it might be a pain. The advantage is they don’t need to create folders or anything to run. They just execute.
Alternatively, you could do your cleanup on a subsequent step. There are Output variables you could make use of to find the deployment location from the previous Nuget step (i.e. Octopus.Action[name].Output.Package.InstallationDirectoryPath). Using that variable in a PowerShell (or C# script?) step, you could probably clean up the scriptcs_bin folder.