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

Products

• Workload Automation Agent
• CA Workload Automation AE - System Agent (AutoSys)

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

Apply below patch for your operating system;

• 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.