variable to get DataStage Home directory path

vganeshk · Post by **vganeshk** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:12 am

Hi,

I am trying to write a routine where it has to execute dsadmin command from DataStage Home directory (which is on Unix box). For this requirement first I need to find directory of DataStage home directory, is there any variable or option where it retrieves DataStage home directory (otherthan using $DSHOME) ?

I see there is something called %SERVERPATH% variable under 'job properties' -> 'Dependency' tab, how this is going to help ?

Regards,
Ganesh

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:26 am

What are you trying to achieve by invoking a sparsely documented command from a routine? If you're in a routine System(32) may be easier than hacking around with environment variables.

sachin1 · Post by **sachin1** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:40 am

How about using system variable @PATH.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:10 am

Or perhaps you could do the same thing dsenv does:

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cat `./dshome`

JITeam · Post by **JITeam** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:40 am

@PATH - takes me to the Project directory, not datastage home directory.
'cat /.dshome' from dsenv - there is no file created with name .dshome in the root directory, because of permission problem.

Any other possible options ?

Regards,
VGaneshK

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:57 am

What DataStage version and O/S? My dsenv file uses that cat command to set $DSHOME, how is it done in yours?

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Mon May 12, 2008 3:06 am

On sites with multiple DS instances there won't be a /.dshome file. I would prefer to stick with the simple, time-proven method that Ray suggested, "System(32)".

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:33 am

However, you appear not to have noticed that the cat command was surrounded by back-quotes, not single-quote characters.

(System(32) remains the easiest approach.)

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:56 am

ArndW wrote:On sites with multiple DS instances there won't be a /.dshome file. I would prefer to stick with the simple, time-proven method that Ray suggested, "System(32)".

Ah. Thanks.

However, curious about the 'because of permissions problems' statement.