When adding any value in global variable "DirTrace" for the ADB adapter, the ADB adapter reinitializes the global variable "DirTrace" as the default. This occurs in cases when we save the global variable and reopen the Application as it needs to be reset again. This is a defect. The value should not be changed.
 

Avoid setting the DirTrace GV with "." in the value in ADB adapter

There is defect AADB-7577 is created for this issue. The cause of the defect is the GV value contains '.' in it. The workaround is not to set '.' to the GV values and there are three ways to reset the GV: 

1). Avoid setting the DirTrace GV with "." in the value. For example, "./log" or "/7.2/log". Use DirTrace GV value like "log".

2). The property "tibco.clientVar.DirTrace" can be set in the "application.tra" or "adbagent.tra" file that can be passed to ADB runtime engine and override the value set in the project file(.dat).

3).  -system.clientVar="DirTrace_Path" can be specified as the command line parameter. The parameter can be set in the deployed application .cmd/.sh script.