Policy Environment

Policy environment functions and procedures are used to get, set, and unset the values of environment variables on the policy server host during the run of a policy. The following table summarizes these functions and procedures.

getlistsetting

Description

The getlistsetting() function returns the value of a list setting in the current policy server host settings file.

Syntax

getlistsetting (setting-name)

Arguments

Name	Description
setting-name	Required. The list setting to retrieve.

Return values

A list that contains the value of the specified setting.

Example

submitMasterList = getlistsetting("submitmasters");

getnumericsetting

Description

The getnumericsetting() function returns the value of a numeric setting in the current policy server host settings file.

Syntax

getnumericsetting (setting-name)

Arguments

Name	Description
setting-name	Required. The numeric setting to retrieve.

Return values

A number that contains the value of the specified setting.

Example

delayTime= getnumericsetting("masterdelay");

getstringsetting

Description

The getstringsetting() function returns the value of a string setting in the current policy server host settings file.

Syntax

getstringsetting (setting-name)

Arguments

Name	Description
setting-name	Required. The string setting to retrieve.

Return values

A string that contains the value of the specified setting.

Example

policyDirectory = getstringsetting("policydir");

getyesnosetting

Description

The getyesnosetting() function returns the value of a yes/no setting in the current policy server host settings file.

Syntax

getyesnosetting (setting-name)

Arguments

Name	Description
setting-name	Required. The yes/no setting to retrieve.

Return values

A number containing the value of the specified setting.

0 False. A no value
1 True. A yes value

Example

useRNS=getyesnosetting("registrynameservice");