On Unix/Linux, if Agent installation directory has "#" like agent#11 , Jobs will fail when using csh or -csh

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

On a system running Unix/Linux operating systems, if the agent installation directory has "#" like agent# 11, the jobs will fail when using csh or -csh .

The Automation Engine (AE) agent is unable to handle a pound sign (#) character with csh or with -csh .

This works fine when using the ksh shell.

Error message:
If the agent is installed in the path /automic/UC4/agent#12 , the job will fail with the following error message in the report log:
 

/automic/UC4/agent: Permission denied.

Environment

OS: Unix

Resolution

This is a limitation on csh. For example, if you have the following script and execute it outside Unix Agent.
 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#! /bin/csh
cd /home/UC4/ae11/agent#112
pwd
echo TEST
exit $?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Result:
# ./test
/home/UC4/ae11/agent: No such file or directory.

Do the following (test it first on your test environment):

• Modify the HEADER.UNIX and TRAILER.UNIX as shown in the attached files
• Modify the parameter UC_EX_JOB_MD and makes sure to put the full name of the job messenger binary as shown below:

UC_EX_JOB_MD=ucxjlx6m

• Then, in the UNIX tab of your JOBS, put -v on the Shell option field