Is jenkins build description an environment variable?

Question

Is the jenkins build description an environment variable? I have a job that sets a build description and I want to pass that value as a "predefined parameter" to the "Trigger parameterized build on other project". Is there something like a ${BUILD_DESCRIPTION} variable that I can use?

Accepted Answer

You could kludge this by writing the build description to a properties file somewhere under your upstream job's workspace, in the format

```
builddesc=My Build Description
```

Then you can use the "Parameters from properties file" option in the "Trigger parameterized build on other project" post build step, and the build description will be available as an environment variable (with the same name you gave it in the properties file) in your downstream build.

Is jenkins build description an environment variable?

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