[staf-users] . command N/A in ksh when sent in STAF way

[Ying Y. YY Ye <yi...@cn...>]

Hi guys,

I'm a little confused with the problem, which is as follows:

I need to run the command ". functions"(the functions file contains shell 
functions) in my test machine, so the python script in my automation 
machine contains following line: 

     tmp = STAFLib.run_process_command(handle,machine_ip,". functions")

the result is that tmp[0] returns 1,which means the command cannot be 
executed successfully. And the return code of STAF for 1 is: 

1 
Invalid API 
This indicates that a process has tried to call an invalid internal STAF 
API. If this error occurs, report it to the authors. 


However, it is successful when I typed the command ". functions" manually 
in my test machine. Besides, /bin/usr/shell(ksh) is used in test machine. 

Hence, why does the command fail in STAF way? Does anyone have any idea? 
Many thanks.



Best regards,
Ye, Ying Ying(叶莹莹)
Software engineer, 3rd-party SAN test
IBM GCG System & Technology Lab
Tel:+86-21-60928963
Email: yi...@cn...
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201203, Shanghai, China