WinCron - Internal Variables Reference
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A command line can contain special variables. The value of the variable will be substituted into the commmand line when the command is executed. Variables have the following form: %NAME%, where NAME is the name of the variable. Variable names can be upper or lower-case. Variables can be included in both internal and external commands.
The following variables are available:
%dd% - The Day (01-31)
%mm% - The Month (01-12)
%yy% - The Year (last 2 digits)
%yyyy% - The Year (all 4 digits)
%dow% - The Day of the Week number (1 to 7, where 1=Sunday)
%dwl% - The Day of the Week (Monday, Tuesday etc)
%dws% - The Day of the Week shortform (Mon, Tue, etc...)
%date% - The Date in the form: YYYYMMDD
%today% - The Date in the form: DWL MONTH DD, YYYY
%month% - The Month (January, February, etc...)
%mon% - The Month shortform (Jan, Feb, etc...)
%time% - The Time in the form: HH:MM:SS
%hh:mm% - The Time in the form: HH:MM
%hhmm% - The Time in the form: HHMM
(no colon - useful for filenames)
%task% - The task description string.
%lastrun% - The date and time the event was last run.
Format: YYYYMMDD HH:MM:SS
%lastdate% - The date the event was last run.
Format: YYYYMMDD
%count% - The number of times the task has been run.
(includes current, EI: starts at 1)
%timerN% - The value of specified timer 'N' (0 to 9).
IE: %timer9%
%sN% - String 'N' (S0 to S9).
- Use $SETSTRING command to assign strings.
%cname% - The Computer ID Name
%cr% - Carriage return.
- Useful for splitting lines in message popup boxes.
%crlf% - Carriage return and line feed.
- Needed for some text editors (notepad).
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Examples:
* Display the current date and time in a popup message box:
$MSG The current date is %TODAY% and the time is now %TIME%
* Back up a file with the current date and time as the filename:
$COPY "c:\my stuff\junk.txt" "c:\my stuff 2\junk.%date%-%hhmm%"
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