You can enter variable macros as part of the folder names in Source,
Destination, Versions
Archive, or
Deleted Archive folders. SmartBackup expands these variables
to the corresponding values when it runs the backup project. There are
three types of variables: Builtin variables,
Windows Special Folders and Environment
variables. Variable names must be enclosed in % signs (for example:
%var%).
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Note:
All variables are case insensitive. You may type variables
all in upper case "%SOURCE%", combined uppercase
and lowercase "%Source%", or all in lowercase "%source%".
Result will be the same. |
Builtin Variables:
The following variables expand to their corresponding values when the
Project is run.
* Values entered in
Project
Properties.
** For local folders with drive letters,
the result is in the form
<drive>. For folders
with a UNC path the result is in the form
\\<servername>\<sharename>.
If the given source path contains neither style of path prefix, the result
is an empty string.
*** If you have multiple Source folders
in your Backup project - you can access specific folder by adding a number
representing this folder order in list. For example:
%Source1%,
%SourceTop2%,
%SourceRoot2% etc...
Examples:

If
Source is "
c:\Documents and
Settings\Mike\" then in
Destination
you may type something like this: "
g:\Backup\%SourceExcludeRoot%"
expands to "
g:\Backup\Documents and Settings\Mike\").

If
Source is "
c:\Documents and
Settings\Mike\" then in
Destination
you may type something like this: "
g:\Backup\%SourceTop%"
expands to "
g:\Backup\Mike\").
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DateTime |
Date and time as YYYYMMDDHHMMSS |
Date |
Date as YYYYMMDD |
Year |
Year as a 4 digit number |
Month |
Month as a 2 digit number |
Day |
Day as a 2 digit number |
Time |
Time as HHMM |
Hour |
Hour as a 2 digit number |
Min |
Minutes as a 2 digit number |
Sec |
Secundes as a 2 digit number |
MonthOfYearStr |
Month as a short name (Jan, Feb, Mar, etc.) |
MonthOfYearString |
Month as a full name (January, February, March, etc.) |
WeekOfYear |
Week of the year number * |
WeekOfMonth |
Week of the month number * |
WeekDayStr |
Day of the week as a short name (Mon, Tue, Wed, etc.) |
WeekDayString |
Day of the week as a full name (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
etc.) |
WeekDayNum |
Day of the week number * |
DayOfYear |
Number of days from December 31 of the previous year |
DayOfWeek |
Day of the week number * |
HourOfYear |
Number of hours from 12:00 AM of the first day of
the year |
HourOfWeek |
Number of hours from 12:00 AM of the first day of
the week * |
HourOfMonth |
Number of hours from 12:00 AM of the first day of
the month |
MinuteOfYear |
Number of minutes from 12:00 AM of the first day of
the year |
MinuteOfMonth |
Number of minutes from 12:00 AM of the first day of
the month |
MinuteOfWeek |
Number of minutes from 12:00 AM of the first day of
the week * |
MinuteOfDay |
Number of minutes from 12:00 AM of the same day |
SecondOfYear |
Number of seconds from 12:00:00 AM on the first day
of the year |
SecondOfMonth |
Number of seconds from 12:00:00 AM on the first day
of the month |
SecondOfWeek |
Number of seconds from 12:00:00 AM of the first day
of the week * |
SecondOfDay |
Number of seconds from 12:00:00 AM of the same day |
*
SmartBackup defines the week
according to the ISO 8601 standard. That is, the week starts on Monday
and ends on Sunday.
Example:

On December 31st 2002, a folder name "
C:\Backup\%Date%"
will expand to "
C:\Backup\20021231".
Windows Special Folders:
The following variables expand to their corresponding values when the
Project is run.
Variable Name: |
Description: |
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WindowsDesktop |
Desktop Folder * |
WindowsInternet |
Internet Folder |
WindowsPrograms |
Path to "Start -> Programs" menu * |
WindowsControls |
WindowsControls |
WindowsPrinters |
WindowsPrinters |
WindowsPersonal |
Path to "My Documents" folder * |
WindowsFavorites |
Path to "Favorites" folder * |
WindowsStartup |
Path to "Start -> Programs -> Startup"
menu * |
WindowsRecent |
Path to "Recent" folder * |
WindowsSendto |
Path to "Send To" folder * |
WindowsBitbucket |
WindowsBitbucket |
WindowsStartMenu |
Path to "Start" menu * |
WindowsDesktopDirectory |
Path to "Desktop" folder * |
WindowsDrives |
WindowsDrives |
WindowsNetwork |
WindowsNetwork |
WindowsNethood |
WindowsNetwork |
WindowsFonts |
Path to Window's "Fonts" folder (usually
"C:\WINDOWS\Fonts") |
WindowsTemplates |
WindowsTemplates |
WindowsCommonStartMenu |
WindowsCommonStartMenu |
WindowsCommonPrograms |
WindowsCommonPrograms |
WindowsCommonStartup |
WindowsCommonStartup |
WindowsCommonDesktopDirectory |
WindowsCommonDesktopDirectory |
WindowsAppData |
WindowsAppData |
WindowsPrinthood |
WindowsPrinthood |
WindowsAltStartup |
WindowsAltStartup |
WindowsCommonAltStartup |
WindowsCommonAltStartup |
WindowsCommonFavorites |
WindowsCommonFavorites |
WindowsInternetCache |
WindowsInternetCache |
WindowsCookies |
WindowsCookies |
WindowsHistory |
WindowsHistory |
* Different value for each Windows user
Environment Variables:
These variables expand to their corresponding values based on the Windows
Environment variables.
%VAR% Value of the environment variable VAR.
Example:

On a Windows NT/2000/XP system on a network, a folder name %USERPROFILE%
may expand to C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.
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Tip:
You can add your own variable or list current environment variables
using Windows "SET" command. See Windows help for details. |
See also:
Command
Line Options