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About Notification Services and Trouble Ticket Systems
Writing Scripts and Programs
❏ Shell Scripts
Scripts are executed under the account of the user who started the
OVO server processes. In most cases this is the user root.
If your script is a shell script, the first line must contain a statement
such as the following:
#!/usr/bin/sh
This statement ensures that the shell for which your script is
designed is used during execution, and not the shell of the user who
executes the script.
CAUTION If the first line of your shell script does not contain this statement,
the execution of your script or program may fail.
❏ Default Parameters
OVO sends its own message parameters to the external interface.
You may not use a command that requires additional parameters.
For a list of the parameters provided by OVO, see “Parameters for
Notification Services and Trouble Ticket Systems” on page 282.
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