Segmentation fault while running Appscan in workflow.

Hi All,

I am using Teamsite 7.2 linux, Using Workflow templates for workflows.
I had a requirement that IBM Appscan tool should be used to scan the file that are attached to workflow.
I am able to create entire wft, where i used one external task that calls an ipl file, which internally call a shell script which scans the teamsite files.

While its able to call scan tool,but at the time of scanning its throwing me an error stating:
Segmentation fault "$(BINDIRECTORY)/cliloder".

I tried to run the same ipl file in putty passing parametes, then its runing scan successfully with out any error.

Can any one help me in solving this.

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Adam Stoller

Most likely it is an environment variable issue.

From the command line print out all the environment variables.
From the IPL script - print out all the environment variables.
From the shell script called by the IPL script - print out all the environment variables.

Compare / contrast.

Build up a BEGIN { ... }; block within your IPL script to augment the environment variable settings that may be missing when not invoking directly from the command line. - e.g.:

BEGIN {
    $ENV{VAR_NAME} = "VAR_VALUE";
    ...
};
...

See if that helps.

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ravisankar

Hi Ghoti,
I am happy for your reply.
I placed echo $PATH in shell script, ipl script and ran in command line.
But i am getting same value in cmd and shell. Null value in ipl(even when running in ipl file in putty or running ipl in wft task).
so i tried to set environmental variable in perl code, as you said and tried to run that in work flow but no use still facing same error
/opt/IBM/AppScanSource/bin/appscansrccli: line 28: 15901 Segmentation fault "$(BINDIRECTORY)/cliloder".

But its helping me a lot to learn.
can you tell any other causes for this issue. So that it may help me to solve.

Adam Stoller

Hi Ghoti,
I am happy for your reply.
I placed echo $PATH in shell script, ipl script and ran in command line.
But i am getting same value in cmd and shell. Null value in ipl(even when running in ipl file in putty or running ipl in wft task).
so i tried to set environmental variable in perl code, as you said and tried to run that in work flow but no use still facing same error
/opt/IBM/AppScanSource/bin/appscansrccli: line 28: 15901 Segmentation fault "$(BINDIRECTORY)/cliloder".

But its helping me a lot to learn.
can you tell any other causes for this issue. So that it may help me to solve.

If the error message explicitly says "$(BINDIRECTORY)" then it is clear that the variable (environment or otherwise) named BINDIRECTORY is never getting set and you need to track down why.

You say you're not getting any environment variable values in the IPL script? That sounds like a coding problem where you're attempting to print them out. Perhaps you should post that code (as an attachment preferably) if you cannot figure out why that is on your own.

ravisankar

my ipl code
...
...
BEGIN{
my $ecvalue=`echo $PATH`;
log--->$ecvalue shows null.
$ENV{'PATH'}="path that i got when ran echo $PATH in cmd";
}
...
...
#ipl code
This is the way that i tried to set the variables. Is it a right process?

Adam Stoller

my ipl code
...
...
BEGIN{
my $ecvalue=`echo $PATH`;
log--->$ecvalue shows null.
$ENV{'PATH'}="path that i got when ran echo $PATH in cmd";
}
...
...
#ipl code
This is the way that i tried to set the variables. Is it a right process?

No - that's wrong - that's why you're getting null there.
For logging and verification purposes:

foreach my $k (sort keys %ENV) {
    print "$k => '$ENV{$k}'\n"; # replace with logging routine as desired
}

For setting purposes:

BEGIN {
    $ENV{ENV_NAME} = "HARD_CODED_ENV_VALUE";
};

Anything else and you're wasting time (both mine and yours).

ravisankar

Thanks Ghoti,

It really helped me. It working fine now.

Thanks once again.