How to configure "User defined" activity in a process flow

I want to start a shell script from a workflow process in an Unix environment. I use owb 10.2.0.1
Name of shell_script:           verify_infile.sh
Location of shell_script:     /ASW/dw
3 parameters to the script:     X X /local/db/import/rain/finans.dat
First parameter is the letter X
Second parameter is the letter X
Third parameter is the path and file name I want to verify
I assume it's the User defined activity I should use and the parameters of the user defined activity are as follows
4 IN PARAMETERS
COMMAND
PARAMETER LIST
SUCCESS THRESHOLD
SCRIPT
1 OUT PARAMETERS
RESULT_CODE
So my question is what shall I have as in parameters in the User defined activity?
Kind regards
Jan

Here is the solution to the case
First make sure parameter in (owb_home)\owb\bin\admin\Runtime.properties is not disabled.
If it is, change the parameter to the value NATIVE_JAVA as described in the file:
property.RuntimePlatform.0.NativeExecution.Shell.security_constraint = NATIVE_JAVA
Second
COMMAND: /bin/sh
PARAMETER LIST: ?/ASW/dw/verify_infile.sh?X?X?/local/db/import/rain/finans.dat?
RESULT_CODE: 0
SCRIPT:
SUCESS_THRESHOLD: 0
Regards
Jan

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