Incorrect command line while running a powershell script

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The following script was working fine but suddenly it comes up with the following error message.

Execute step BackupFolderToServer against machine Test05
2013-07-10 11:19:25 INFO Begin script run2013-07-10 11:19:25 DEBUG Running script against tentacle http://test05:10933/2013-07-10 11:19:28 ERROR Running job on the tentacle failed:2013-07-10 11:19:28 INFO Tentacle output follows:2013-07-10 11:19:27 INFO Error:2013-07-10 11:19:27 INFO Incorrect command line2013-07-10 11:19:27 INFO ==============================================2013-07-10 11:19:27 INFO PowerShell exit code: 72013-07-10 11:19:27 INFO ==============================================2013-07-10 11:19:27 ERROR Octopus.Shared.Activities.ActivityFailedException: PowerShell script returned a non-zero exit code: 7 at Octopus.Tentacle.Services.Jobs.Script.ScriptJobExecutor.Execute(ScriptJob job, JobState state) in c:\w\e6923628be6eaf72\source\Octopus.Tentacle\Services\Jobs\Script\ScriptJobExecutor.cs:line 52 at Octopus.Tentacle.Services.Jobs.JobQueue.RunDeploymentsOnBackgroundThread(Object ignored) in c:\w\e6923628be6eaf72\source\Octopus.Tentacle\Services\Jobs\JobQueue.cs:line 81

Don’t know how to figure out what is the problem as error message is not very clear. Please guide.

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Hi,

  • Octopus is calling your PowerShell script.
  • Your powershell script must be calling a command line tool (I’m not sure what)
  • The command line tool writes “Incorrect command line” and returns exit code 7
  • Octopus fails the deployment because your script returns a non-zero exit code

Without knowing what your script looks like it’s hard to guess what might be causing the error.

Paul

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Sorry, missed attaching the script. Following is the script which was working fine.

Get the date

$DateStamp = get-date -uformat “%Y-%m-%d@%H-%M-%S”
$destination = “$destination-$DateStamp”

#Check source dir exists or not
if (-not (test-path $source)) {throw “$source path does not exists”}

Alias for 7-zip

if (-not (test-path “C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe”)) {throw “C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe needed”}
set-alias sz “C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe”
“I am here before variables”
############################################

Variables

sz a -t7z $Destination $Source
"I am here after zip"
########### END OF SCRIPT ##########