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| 2014-11-20 | 2014-11-21 | ||
| using %timestamp% in batch file (martin) | elaborating on variable expansion (martin) | ||
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| - | Note that you cannot use any [[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Windows_Batch_Scripting#String_processing|string processing syntax]] known from Windows command-line. | + | Note that variable expansion is different than in Windows batch files: |
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| + | * You cannot use any [[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Windows_Batch_Scripting#String_processing|string processing syntax]]. | ||
| + | * You cannot use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable#Windows_2|dynamic/pseudo environment variables]], such as ''%DATE%'' or ''%RANDOM%''. | ||
| + | * References to undefined variables are kept intact (not removed). | ||
| + | * You can use ''%WINSCP_PATH%'' to refer to WinSCP [[executable]] path. | ||
| ==== Timestamp ==== | ==== Timestamp ==== | ||