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Pass Environment Variables in a UNIX Job

In UNIX, you specify environment variables to define the local environment the script runs in. You can modify existing environment variables or create your own.

To pass an environment variable to a script, specify the ENVAR statement in the job definition. You can specify multiple ENVAR statements in a UNIX job definition.

Example: Pass UNIX Environment Variables to a Script

This example includes two ENVAR statements that pass environment variables to a script and a third ENVAR statement that defines the Present Working Directory (PWD). The parameter "user 1" is enclosed with double quotation marks because it contains a space.

SCRIPTNAME /home/scripts/pay
AGENT UNIX_NY
ENVAR NAME="user 1"
ENVAR JOB=PAYROLL
ENVAR PWD=/usr/scripts/dailyrun

In this example, the pay script can reference these variables: