ServiceType=Control Data

In a Control Data service a file with parameters is placed into the watched folder. The ITP/Server Directory Watch interface will read the parameters from this file and pass them directly to ITP/Server. ITP/Server scripts can access these parameters through the $1 … $n parameters. The name of the file is passed as the $0 parameter or through the _jobid variable.

A parameter file has the following format:

nnnnn

parameter 1

parameter 2

parameter 3

The first line contains the number of parameters, padded on the left with zero ('0') characters to 5 positions. The following lines contain each one parameter, up to the number of parameters specified on the first line.

Example parameter file:

00002

First parameter

Second parameter

This format is compatible with the Control Data interface used by ITP/Server.