is $ISUSER available in server routines?

mctny · Post by **mctny** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:19 pm

Hi,

I was wondering if I can use the $ISUSER environment variable ( either directly or via a function) in a server routine to get the user who execute the job? I am calling the routine from a user variables activity stage within a job sequencer.

Thanks,
Chad

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:16 am

Sure can. But you have to invoke a command, through DSExecute. You may as well use an operating system shell command (echo) in that case.

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Call DSExecute("SH", "echo $ISUSER", Output, ExitStatus)
Ans = Output<1>

mctny · Post by **mctny** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:17 am

Thanks a lot Ray. That works.

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thank you,
Chad

mctny · Post by **mctny** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:40 pm

I am reopening this because I came across a small issue during a special case.

When someone runs the job $ISUSER thing work but if the job is scheduled then $ISUSER is not available.

I actually looked at the second log entries of the same job in director, one is when the job is run by any user and the other one is when I schedule the job through a crontab wrapper script. in the later case there was no $ISUSER entry.

any ideas as what to do to get the username when the job is scheduled?