Special variables
In addition to the user defined variables, you can use these predefined ones:
| Name | Description | Example | Version Required |
|---|---|---|---|
{file} |
Location of the downloaded file (only for commands). Note: Remember to enclose this variable in double quotes (") if the path contains spaces. |
c:\…\x.exe | 1.1 |
{filesize} |
Size of the downloaded file in bytes | 1482245 | 1.1 |
{root} |
Root of the application startup path | c:\ | 1.1 |
{startuppath} |
Startup path of the current Ketarin instance (without exe file) | c:\…\ | 1.1 |
{category} |
Category of the application | Security | 1.1 |
{appname} |
Name of the application | Ketarin | 1.1 |
{appguid} |
GUID of the application | {AC1DB…} | 1.1 |
{url:ext} |
Extension of the file that is being downloaded | exe | 1.1 |
{url:basefile} |
Base file name of the file that is being downloaded | Ketarin-0.9 | 1.1 |
{preupdate-url} |
Only in pre-download command: Final URL from which the application will be downloaded. | http://example.com/file.exe | 1.5 |
{property:X} |
Property of an application. X is the name of a property (like “Name”). For all property names check the XML that is generated when exporting an application. The element names correspond to the property names. | "No changelog" | 1.1 |
{time} or {time-x} or {time+x}
|
UNIX timestamp of the current time, where x represents the time zone offset in hours. | 1285772250 | 1.1 |
{version} |
 FileHippo only: Version of the application |
4.3.2 | 1.1 |
The following variables can be used in two ways:
- As they are (for example
{dd}) to extract the values from the current system date. - Preceded by
f:(for example{f:dd}) to extract the values from the downloaded file date.
| Name | Description | Example | Version Required |
|---|---|---|---|
{dd} or {f:dd}
|
Day | 10 | 1.1 |
{ddd} or {f:ddd}
|
Day name | Tue | 1.1 |
{dddd} or {f:dddd}
|
Full day name | Tuesday | 1.1 |
{hh} or {f:hh}
|
2 digit hour | 10 | 1.1 |
{HH} or {f:HH}
|
2 digit hour (24h) | 22 | 1.1 |
{mm} or {f:mm}
|
Minute 00-59 | 10 | 1.1 |
{MM} or {f:MM}
|
Month 01-12 | 10 | 1.1 |
{MMM} or {f:MMM}
|
Month abbreviation | Oct | 1.1 |
{MMMM} or {f:MMMM}
|
Month full name | December | 1.1 |
{ss} or {f:ss}
|
Seconds 00-59 | 10 | 1.1 |
{tt} or {f:tt}
|
AM or PM | PM | 1.1 |
{yy} or {f:yy}
|
Year, 2 digits | 06 | 1.1 |
{yyyy} or {f:yyyy}
|
Year | 2006 | 1.1 |
{zz} or {f:zz}
|
Timezone offset, 2 digits | -05 | 1.1 |
{zzz} or {f:zzz}
|
Timezone offset, 2-digit hour and minute | -05:00 | 1.1 |
Note: These variables can not be combined into a single value. {f:yyyy-MM-dd} is wrong and will not extract the file date formatted like "2006-10-15"; {f:yyyy}-{f:MM}-{f:dd} should be used for this instead.