You can use a your profile to create a path variable that will equal /export/opt/xxxftp/trustee/virtus
so that this: watch_file: /export/opt/xxxftp/trustee/virtus/virt_xxx_daily_accruals_export_`date +%m%d%Y`.csv
becomes: watch_file: $VIRTUSDIR/virt_xxx_daily_accruals_export_`date +%m%d%Y`.csv
profile: /export/opt/xxxftp/trustee/virtus/variable.profile
variable.profile contents
VIRTUSDIR=/export/opt/xxxftp/trustee/virtus