parameter in the ExecCommand Activity Stage

fmartinsferreira · Post by **fmartinsferreira** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:05 am

Is it possible to put a parameter in the ExecCommand Activity Stage?

Thanks,

Fernando

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:15 am

Yes you can. The command line needs to be an executable and not contain any parameters, but I've done something like make the command line "sh -c " and the command line options then contain "#JobParameterWithUNIXCommand#"

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:25 am

Be aware that - depending on your version and platform - they may not work. It can be confusing as heck to debug because the command will log correctly with the parameters fully expanded, but the actual command executed will still have the 'unexpanded' parameter name(s) in it.

Test it first.

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:31 am

Craig - do you remember offhand which won't work? I tried it on AIX and it did work, and know I've done it successfully on Windoze in the past.

fmartinsferreira · Post by **fmartinsferreira** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:33 am

ArndW wrote:Yes you can. The command line needs to be an executable and not contain any parameters, but I've done something like make the command line "sh -c " and the command line options then contain "#JobParam ...

It's work!

Thanks a lot!

Fernando

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:04 am

I've had the problem here with HP-UX. Definitely saw it under 7.0.1, not sure I've checked again with 7.5.1A.

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:25 am

Thanks for that info; I'll keep that in mind next time I play on HP-UX.

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:23 am

chulett wrote:I've had the problem here with HP-UX. Definitely saw it under 7.0.1, not sure I've checked again with 7.5.1A.

I have heard the same for the version 7.0. But fortunately, I haven't faced any such issue with the version so far.