Using the BASH Definition Type
The BASH shell is the default UNIX shell on Linux, and is usually available on other UNIX systems such as AIX, HP-UX and Solaris. Various ports also exist for Microsoft Windows.
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You must assign at least one process server to run BASH definitions in order to use the definition type.
Interpreter
By default, the interpreter for BASH scripts defaults to /bin/bash on most platforms. You can override this by specifying the full path to an interpreter on process server-level with the LocalInterpreter_BASHprocess server parameter, like /usr/local/bin/bash. You can also specify a list of allowed interpreters on process server-level using the InterpreterWhitelist_BASHprocess server parameter and override the default interpreter on process definition-level with the parameter JCS_INTERPRETER_BASH. Simply create the parameter and point it to your preferred interpreter, it must exist and be white-listed using the InterpreterWhitelist_BASH process server parameter.
The InterpreterWhitelist_BASH process server parameter takes a regular expression that must match the value of the JCS_INTERPRETER_BASH parameter.
Environment
See Using Platform Definition Types for more information regarding the predefined variables and how to create per-system or per-user environment variables.
In addition, the BASH definition type will source ${JCS_HOME}/admin/bash.profile if it exists, for backwards compatibility with v7. You can set JCS_HOME with the EnvironmentFile or EnvironmentVariables mechanism documented in Using Platform Definition Types.
Variables and Parameters
- Parameters in the definition are manipulated in the BASH source simply as variables, using the standard
$PARAMETERsyntax. - The BASH shell does not have actual data types; all parameter values are stored as strings. Numbers are translated automatically. Dates are sent and retrieved using the Script Date Format.
- Out parameters are supported by setting the parameter using the PARAMETER=VALUE syntax.
- Array parameters are supported, provided you interpreter supports them - note that array support in bash requires version 2.0 or higher. Newer versions have more reliable support.
Returning an Error
If your script code exits with a non-zero exit code this is correctly reflected in the server.
Code a set -e command to abort script execution immediately on running a command that has a non-zero exit status.
BASH Examples
Parameters
The following shows how to use parameters, exposed as environment variables:
echo "This is running under user $USER with home directory $HOME and temporary directory $TMPDIR."
The following shows how to pass numeric (N1), string (S1) and date (D1) parameters to and from BASH scripts:
# Note BASH allows no spaces around = in variable assignment
N1=$((expr $N1 + $N1)) # Add numeric variable to itself
S1="$S1 $S1" # Concatenate string
DTEMP="1999/12/31 23:59:59,000 GMT"
echo You said $D1, I propose $DTEMP
D1=$DTEMP # Set DateTime to new string value
The following example shows you how to return a non-zero exit code resulting in the process going into Error:
N=1
echo "Exiting with value $N."
exit $N
echo "Not reached"
Array handling
myArray=(One Two Three)
for t in ${myArray[@]}; do
myOutArra]y+=( $t )
done