Check File Condition in Windows With $ in Path Does Not Work

Products

• CA Automic Applications Manager (AM)

Issue/Introduction

Affects Release version(s): 7.1

Check File Condition in Windows With $ in Path Does Not Work

Environment

Release:
Component: APPMGR

Resolution

Symptoms

Check File Condition in Windows With $ in Path Does Not Work.

For example: \\path\to_file$\file.txt

The check file condition will not find the spcified file.

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Cause

Java needs the ~ as an escape character before the $ character.

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Resolution

add a ~ character in front of the $ character \\path\to_file$\file.txt 

The path will then look like this:  
 
\\path\to_file~$\file.txt