docbug (?) regarding IW_DCT in inline script in DCT

Frederik

I just created a support case for the following... Thought I'd share it.


Regarding the ENV variables available in an inline script in a datacapture.cfg, the doc (tst.650a.dg.pdf) says (p.49):

When a server-side inline callout program is executed, it inherits the following environment variables: .. IW_DCT: The file system path to the datacapture.cfg in use (for example, /iwmnt/default/main/development/WORKAREA/maudlin/templatedata/press/events/datacapture.cfg). .. IW_WORKAREA: The vpath to the current workarea (for example, ///default/main/development/WORKAREA/chris). (...)

I was testing this with this bit of code:

open(TEMPFILE,">>/tmp/temp.txt");
foreach my $key (keys %ENV){
print TEMPFILE $key . " = " . $ENV{$key} ."\n";
}

under TS 6.5 sp2 + patchid 1614

IW_USER = g60921
IW_ROLE = master
IW_DCT = //sdas0005/default/main/bzws/ccc_ll/WORKAREA/devwa/templatedata/businessadvisor/BA_feature/datacapture.cfg
IW_WORKAREA = //sdas0005/default/main/bzws/ccc_ll/WORKAREA/devwa

and under TS 5.5.2 sp4

IW_ROLE = editor
IW_DCT = /default/main/bzws/bel_fr/WORKAREA/userWA/templatedata/businessadvisor/BA_feature
IW_WORKAREA = /default/main/bzws/bel_fr/WORKAREA/userWA
IW_USER = g60921


Seems to me that I'm not getting a filesystem path for IW_DCT, but rather a vpath. Is this a documentation bug, or an implementation bug?

Can I rely on IW_DCT being and staying a vpath?

Adam Stoller

I just created a support case for the following... Thought I'd share it. Regarding the ENV variables available in an inline script in a datacapture.cfg, the doc (tst.650a.dg.pdf) says (p.49): I was testing this with this bit of code: open(TEMPFILE,">>/tmp/temp.txt"); foreach my $key (keys %ENV){ print TEMPFILE $key . " = " . $ENV{$key} ."\n"; } under TS 6.5 sp2 + patchid 1614 IW_USER = g60921 IW_ROLE = master IW_DCT = //sdas0005/default/main/bzws/ccc_ll/WORKAREA/devwa/templatedata/businessadvisor/BA_feature/datacapture.cfg IW_WORKAREA = //sdas0005/default/main/bzws/ccc_ll/WORKAREA/devwa and under TS 5.5.2 sp4 IW_ROLE = editor IW_DCT = /default/main/bzws/bel_fr/WORKAREA/userWA/templatedata/businessadvisor/BA_feature IW_WORKAREA = /default/main/bzws/bel_fr/WORKAREA/userWA IW_USER = g60921 Seems to me that I'm not getting a filesystem path for IW_DCT, but rather a vpath. Is this a documentation bug, or an implementation bug? Can I rely on IW_DCT being and staying a vpath?

In both cases it's a vpath - it's just that in 5.5.2 it was a non-server-rooted vpath (which on Unix systems usually equates to a file system path, when it really isn't - it just goes through a symbolic link).

I'd say it's a doc bug.