To define a different default working directory for system agent running jobs

Products

• Workload Automation Agent
• DSERIES- SERVER
• CA Workload Automation DE - System Agent (dSeries)

Issue/Introduction

Description:

By default, the working directory for a system agent is the agent installation directory. What if customer wants to define a different default working directory in their jobs.

Solution:

There is a parameter that can be set in agentparm.txt file.

oscomponent.initialworkingdirectory= <SCRIPT|USER|PATH>

It defines default initial working directory for all the scripts

• SCRIPT sets the path to where the script resides
  
  
• USER sets the path to the home directory of the owner of the script
  
  
• PATH sets the path to an absolute path to where the script should run
  

If you do not specify a value, the parameter defaults to the path where the running cybAgent resides.
Note: You can override the InitialWorkingDirectory on a per-job basis by specifying a value for the PWD Environment variable.

Environment

Release:
Component: SYSAGD