`/etc/profile.d/pbench` provides no environment variable pointing to the pbench installation root

[RobertKrawitz]

It is not presently possible for any software running with the agent to know where the root directory is other than by knowing that it's currently hard-coded or by trying to parse PATH or PYTHONPATH.

[portante]

See also #1746

[ndokos]

In v0.69, this is $(getconf.py pbench_install_dir pbench-agent). In 0.71 and later it is $(pbench-config pbench_install_dir pbench-agent). Is that enough?

[dbutenhof]

Of course, ironically, pbench-config requires that the full install path be in PATH, and in PYTHONPATH, and that _PBENCH_AGENT_CONFIG is defined containing the full install path ... so if you already have the Pbench agent install path in your environment at least three times, you will be able to ask for it... ;-)

[RobertKrawitz]

In v0.69, this is $(getconf.py pbench_install_dir pbench-agent). In 0.71 and later it is $(pbench-config pbench_install_dir pbench-agent). Is that enough?

Yes.

[webbnh]

if you already have the Pbench agent install path in your environment at least three times, you will be able to ask for it... ;-)

But, when you install the Agent, it makes provision to place these automagically for you...so, as long as that's not defeated somehow, you just need to ask. 🙂