calling shell command from peoplecode

Question

I am getting error when calling OS command for Peoplecode using EXEC function. The call is like this

CommitWork();

   &ShellCommand = "/path/mytest.sh param1 param2";

   &ReturnCode = Exec(&ShellCommand, %Exec_Synchronous + %FilePath_Absolute);

The &ShellCommand is built using the path, executable and parameters to be passed as shown above. That command works fine when executed independently.

I keep getting error 255. Is there anything about the syntax? Does anybody have a tested or working example or any suggestion?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 02 '17 at 18:59

Thank you guys for responding. The command was running fine from shell scripts but not from Peoplesoft. It turned out that the current folder on the application server was not correct. So I added a CD command as the first line in the shell script to change current folder to the correct folder. That worked. Thanks again.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 01 '17 at 06:26

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the syntax looks correct. I use similar code to call bat files.

    Exec("C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Test\mybat.bat param1 param2", %Exec_Synchronous+%FilePath_Absolute);

Have you tried with an absolute path instead of a relative path?

answered May 01 '17 at 06:26

Robin Debruyne

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The example shown in question is using absolute path already. – user7926822 May 02 '17 at 18:55

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '17 at 17:01

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error code 255 seems to be an out of range error code.

see http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html

I would check the assumptions that you're making. Is the same username running the shell script, your username vs the app server username? Is the environment set up the same way for the app server username vs your username? file permissions

answered May 01 '17 at 17:01

Alexei Tetenov

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Hi Alexei, Thanks for the response. The username was not the issue. – user7926822 May 02 '17 at 18:56

calling shell command from peoplecode

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