Binary Large Objects (blobs) are binary data (or text data) of variable length. Blobs are associated with a WAAE Job definition. Global Blobs (Globs) have a unique name and can be shared between jobs. The WAAE documentation explains the detail, this blob test document provides some examples (Linux/Unix) to play with.
https://docops.ca.com/ca-workload-automation-ae/11-4-2/en/scheduling/ae-scheduling/manage-binary-large-objects-blobs
Deploying ApplyPTF
This uses a global blob "$$glob.BT-glob-ApplyPTF" to hold the ApplyPTF executables.
Job “BT-glob-get-applyptf” copies the zipped executables to the target server
The jil subcommand “insert_glob:” is used to created and load the BT-glob-ApplyPTF glob with data
Job “BT-blob-install-applyptf” uses blob "$$blobt" with its list of commands, as input to the shell to do the installation. The blob is loaded from a file as part of the job definition.
The file BT-ApplyPTF-example.jil has sample definitions for this. BT-DeleteApplyPTF_glob.jil is the code to delete the glob. I have not included the ApplyPTF binaries, you can get the latest of these from CA Support.
Creating a blob in a job
This sequence of jobs demonstrates creating a blob, using it in another job and removing it afterwards.
BT-glob-create
creates a global blob with data from the env command
BT-glob-view
retrieves the blob $$globt.BT-glob
BT-glob-make-jil
creates a jil file with the delete_glob subcommand
BT-glob-delete
cleans up by deleting the global blob
good hunting