Dot in the command field fails the job in r12.0 Agent

Products

• Workload Automation Agent

Issue/Introduction

In r12.0 System Agent job fails when (.) dot is prefixed in command field.

command: .   /tmp/abc.sh

Environment

Release : 12.0

Component : Workload Automation System Agent

Cause

In r12.0 currently the Agent is treating any string before space as command and any string after space as argument. In this case dot (.) is considered as a command and hence it is failing.

Resolution

You may need to apply below patches to address this issue.

AutoSys Agent r12 prefixes the target script with the shell. LU05250 LINUX - RED HAT
AutoSys Agent r12 prefixes the target script with the shell LU05655 SUN-SOLARIS
AutoSys Agent r12 prefixes the target script with the shell. LU05654 IBM AIX

Additional Information

Please confirm with support before apply the patch.