If {exists fails imbedding parameter?

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(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

When taking action on this fixlet, it fails on the if {exists… line

Is there a syntax issue ?

parameter “INSTALLDIR” = “/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/”

if { exists file “{parameter “INSTALLDIR”}dsm.sys”}

wait sh -c “cp {parameter “INSTALLDIR”}dsm.sys {parameter “INSTALLDIR”}dsm.sys.save”

endif

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(imported comment written by Bill.Ehardt)

Don’t you need to escape the nested { bracket?

Doh, its the right one in this situation, }}

http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=1230

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

What about this one for {computer Name} nested inside the if

if { exist file “parameter “INSTALLDIR”{computer name}.dsm.opt”}

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(imported comment written by Bill.Ehardt)

If I’m reading that right I think if you want to use rel substitution you need to escape the closing brace, so does this work?

if { exist file “parameter “INSTALLDIR”{computer name}}.dsm.opt”}

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(imported comment written by MattBoyd)

Anything between braces is evaluated as relevance, so you shouldn’t nest additional braces. I think you need to do something like this:

if { (exist file (parameter “INSTALLDIR” & computer name & “.dsm.opt”))}

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

That Worked!! Thanks