In our company we are using Jira Server and Scriptrunner. Currently, I'm trying to read a file using a script in the script console. The file should be stored in a working directory on e.g. "C:/Users/ /Desktop". Up to now I didn't get access to a file which is stored in the given directory. I'm able to list the content of the current working directory (which is located at the server) but I'm not able to change the path to "C:/Users/ /Desktop". The system always throws an java.io.FileNotFoundException (no such file or directory). Here a snapshot of the script: def a1 = new File("C:/Users/Name/Desktop").path log.debug "path a1: "+a1 def a2 = new File(a1,"hello.txt") log.debug"The file ${a2.absolutePath} has ${a2.length()} bytes" a2.eachLine { line -> log.debug "line : $line"; } I tried the script on my own local version of Jira and Scriptrunner and there it is no problem to read a file of my desktop. Any idea?

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How to read or write into a file using scriptrunner, e.g. the Script Console?

Günter Halmans

In our company we are using Jira Server and Scriptrunner. Currently, I'm trying to read a file using a script in the script console. The file should be stored in a working directory on e.g. "C:/Users/<myname>/Desktop".

Up to now I didn't get access to a file which is stored in the given directory. I'm able to list the content of the current working directory (which is located at the server) but I'm not able to change the path to "C:/Users/<myname>/Desktop". The system always throws an java.io.FileNotFoundException (no such file or directory). Here a snapshot of the script:

def a1 = new File("C:/Users/Name/Desktop").path
log.debug "path a1: "+a1

def a2 = new File(a1,"hello.txt")
log.debug"The file ${a2.absolutePath} has ${a2.length()} bytes"

a2.eachLine {
line -> log.debug "line : $line";
}

I tried the script on my own local version of Jira and Scriptrunner and there it is no problem to read a file of my desktop.

Any idea?

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Tom Lister_fo1j4e

Hi @Günter Halmans

just a quick suggestion, without me checking ,that might work

replace / with // in your path string

or try \

Java handles paths in a machine independent way

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Tom Lister_fo1j4e

Hi @Günter Halmans

just a quick suggestion, without me checking ,that might work

replace / with // in your path string

or try \

Java handles paths in a machine independent way

Günter Halmans

Hi Tom,

thank you for your feedback!

I tried different combinations:

1. "\\"

Script (part)

def a1 = new File("C:\\Users\\name\\Desktop\\").absolutePath
log.debug "path a1: "+a1
def a2 = new File(a1,"hello.txt")
log.debug"The file ${a2.absolutePath} has ${a2.length()} bytes"

Result:

2019-02-04 08:23:21,967 DEBUG : path a1: /opt/atlassian/jira/bin/C:\Users\name\Desktop\ 2019-02-04 08:23:21,967 DEBUG: The file /opt/atlassian/jira/bin/C:\Users\name\Desktop\/hello.txt has 0 bytes

2. "\"

--> error: startup failed: Script2305.groovy: 9: unexpected char: '\' @ line 9, column 22. def a1 = new File("C:\Users\name\Desktop\").absolutePath ^ 1 error

3. "/"

Script (part):

def a1 = new File("C:/Users/name/Desktop/").absolutePath
log.debug "path a1: "+a1
def a2 = new File(a1,"hello.txt")
log.debug"The file ${a2.absolutePath} has ${a2.length()} bytes"

Result:

2019-02-04 08:31:54,123 DEBUG [NN]: path a1: /opt/atlassian/jira/bin/C:/Users/name/Desktop 2019-02-04 08:31:54,124 DEBUG [NN]: The file /opt/atlassian/jira/bin/C:/Users/name/Desktop/hello.txt has 0 bytes

4. "//"

Script (part):

def a1 = new File("C://Users//name//Desktop//").absolutePath
log.debug "path a1: "+a1
def a2 = new File(a1,"hello.txt")
log.debug"The file ${a2.absolutePath} has ${a2.length()} bytes"

Result:

same as in 3.

4. "/" and ".path"

Script (part)

def a1 = new File("C:/Users/name//Desktop/").path
log.debug "path a1: "+a1
def a2 = new File(a1,"hello.txt")
log.debug"The file ${a2} has ${a2.length()} bytes"
a2.eachLine {
line -> log.debug "line : $line";
}

Result:

2019-02-04 08:36:47,796 DEBUG [NN]: path a1: C:/Users/name/Desktop 2019-02-04 08:36:47,796 DEBUG [NN]: The file C:/Users/name/Desktop/hello.txt has 0 bytes 2019-02-04 08:36:47,806 WARN [common.UserScriptEndpoint]: Script console script failed: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:/Users/name/Desktop/hello.txt (No such file or directory) at Script2323.run(Script2323.groovy:15)

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Thus, the alternative 4 seems to be the pormising one...but it also doesn't work. I firstly thought that it might be a permission problem, but the error message points to "no such file or directory"...