How to use UNIX Command Substitution in a Global Variable

Products

• CA Workload Automation AE - Business Agents (AutoSys)
• CA Workload Automation AE - Scheduler (AutoSys)
• Workload Automation Agent

Issue/Introduction

How can you set a Global Variable with UNIX command substitution so that the actual command substitution is stored as the value rather than the result of the command substitution?

Environment

Release: ATSYHA99000-11.3.6-Workload Automation AE-High Availability Option
Component:

Resolution

If you are setting the global variable in WCC via Quick Edit, there is nothing special that would need to be done. Just set the value to `<command>`. However, if you are setting the global variable using the sendevent command, you will need to escape the backticks. For example...

sendevent -E SET_GLOBAL -G "<VAR_NAME>=\`<command>\`"