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Specifying the Command or Script Name Using an Environment Variable

You can specify the command or script name using an environment variable, for example, $MY_PATH/myscript.sh, if all of the following conditions are met:

• The agent is running under the root account.
• The agent is configured to resolve environment variables.

  Note: To configure the agent to resolve environment variables, ask your agent administrator to refer to the information about the oscomponent.lookupcommand parameter in the CA Workload Automation Agent for UNIX, Linux, or Windows Implementation Guide.

• The user ID you enter in the USER statement has the authority to run the job on the agent computer. The user default shell is used.
• The environment variable you use, such as $MY_PATH, is set in the specified user ID's profile file.

Example: Run a Script that is Located in a Path Set in a User Environment Variable

In this example, an agent named UNIXAGENT runs a script named myscript.sh. The job runs under the user ID jsmith, which has the authority to run the script. The path to myscript.sh is set in the user environment variable $MY_PATH, which is defined in the profile file for jsmith, and the agent is configured to search for paths to command and script files.

AGENT UNIXAGENT
SCRIPTNAME $MY_PATH/myscript.sh
USER jsmith