Automic Automation V24.4.x Windows agent FT job defaults path to c:\

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

In the FT job we set the destination with a relative path as follows "../../rapidautomation/staging/smgr_log_00.txt". This needs to be resolved based on agent installed location.

In windows agent version '21.0.14+build.1747062623762' non java agent installed in E: drive,  we can see the file is transferred to E drive where the agent is installed

 U00011133 OK    '27447' Bytes, '339' Records for file '/opt/Automic/Automation.Platform/ServiceManager/temp/smgr_log_00.txt'->'E:\Automic21\Agentsapidautomation\staging\smgr_log_00.txt' transferred. Duration '00:00:00'.

In windows agent version '24.4.0+hf.3.build.1747927237919 . It is installed in D: drive but the files are transferred to C :drive

U00011133 OK    '27447' Bytes, '339' Records for file '/opt/Automic/Automation.Platform/ServiceManager/temp/smgr_log_00.txt'->'C:\rapidautomation\staging\smgr_log_00.txt' transferred. Duration '00:00:00'..

Cause

The use of relative paths and their behavior are (currently) not defined in the documentation. 

Resolution

As a workaround, the customer can use absolute paths in their JOBF definitions.  Since the resolution of relative paths depends on the (target) platform, specifying absolute paths is more concise than using relative paths.

Additional Information

The product documentation will be enhanced to include this information.