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Does a STAX process element use the workdir element as the path to the command?

April 26, 2017Command element path process STAX

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Does a STAX process element use the workdir element as the path to the command?

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No. The STAF User’s Guide, section 8.10.2 (PROCESS START) says: COMMAND specifies the actual command that you want to start. If the path to the command is not specified, the system PATH will be searched for the command. So, if the path to the command is not specified in the element, the system PATH is searched. Just specifying the will not make it use the workdir as the path and you’ll get RC 10 (Base operating system error) because it couldn’t find the command executable. The following element specifies the path (assigned to variable testdir) to the test1.