Couldn't run binary after using $GITHUB_PATH

[michalbarer1]

Hi Github community,
I have trouble executing a binary I download since I stopped using the deprecated add-path command.

This worked for me:

      - name: Add workspace to path
        if: startsWith(runner.os, 'Windows')
        run: |
          echo "::add-path::${env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
      - name: Install minio client
        if: startsWith(runner.os, 'Windows')
        run: |
          curl "https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/windows-amd64/archive/mc.RELEASE.2020-08-08T02-33-58Z" --output mc.exe

now I switched to this:

      - name: Add workspace to path
        if: startsWith(runner.os, 'Windows')
        run: |
          echo "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" >> $GITHUB_PATH
  - name: Install minio client
    if: startsWith(runner.os, 'Windows')
    run: |
      curl "https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/windows-amd64/archive/mc.RELEASE.2020-08-08T02-33-58Z" --output mc.exe

and the mc command isn’t recognized.

Thank you for your help!

[airtower-luna]

That’s probably because you’re trying to use bash syntax on Windows without setting the shell to bash. See this thread for a similar problem, the solutions described there should work for you, too:

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Hi Github Community, I’m having trouble using $GITHUB_PATH. I can’t tell if I’m not using it correctly, or if It’s not executing correctly. For both of the following links, please pay attention to the Windows builds only. Here is a link to a previous version of a Github Action script that did work prior the switch to $GITHUB_PATH. Here is a link to the most recent version of the Github Action script that stopped working with the $GITHUB_PATH changes. Please note specifically the steps titl…

[michalbarer1]

@airtower-luna thanks! It helped. Is this new? I never specified shell before, and everything was running well.

[airtower-luna]

I guess with the old add-path syntax the difference was small enough that in most cases it just worked. I mean, in echo "::add-path::${env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" the only difference is the env: prefix. 😉