Action File Question [Resolved]

[marylandwx]

I am trying to create an action that will run at the top of the hour, every hour that will upload a basic conditions file to my website.

My issue is, I want to be able to see every hour's output. Is there a way to use the %Time% or some other variable in the file name so that it won't simply overwrite itself each time it runs?

Also, is there a "delete" action? I would like to delete the local file after it is ftp'd.

[John Liss]

Yes you can use the %Time% (note the exact case) variable in the action file.

www.lissproductions.org/wuhu_manual/using_variables_within_actions

So your action file looks like:

time(00:00,23:59,0):template:"C:\TEMP\INTEMP.TXT" "C:\TEMP\OUTTEMP%Time%.TXT"
ftp:/bob:[e-mail] "C:\TEMP\*.*" "\data\"
time(00:00,23:59,0):"del C:\TEMP\OUTTEMP*.TXT"

[marylandwx]

Thanks for the reply!

When I try to name the file "hourly%Time%.php the file name ends up coming out as "hourlyimephp"

Any ideas?

[wuhusoftware]

You can use any of the following for replacement strings in the filenames themselves:


%a

Abbreviated weekday name

%A

Full weekday name

%b

Abbreviated month name

%B

Full month name

%c

Date and time representation appropriate for locale

%d

Day of month as decimal number (01 – 31)

%H

Hour in 24-hour format (00 – 23)

%I

Hour in 12-hour format (01 – 12)

%j

Day of year as decimal number (001 – 366)

%m

Month as decimal number (01 – 12)

%M

Minute as decimal number (00 – 59)

%p

Current locale’s A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock

%S

Second as decimal number (00 – 59)

%U

Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 – 53)

%w

Weekday as decimal number (0 – 6; Sunday is 0)

%W

Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 – 53)

%x

Date representation for current locale

%X

Time representation for current locale

%y

Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99)

%Y

Year with century, as decimal number

%z, %Z

Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown

%%

Percent sign

[marylandwx]

Ah ha! Those work! Thanks so much!

Edit: I am still having trouble with the "del" function. I can't seem to get it to work. Is the syntax above correct?

[wuhusoftware]

Try:

time(00:00,23:59,0):system:del "C:\TEMP\OUTTEMP*.TXT"

System would be required since del is really a request to the command processor (CMD.exe) rather than being a stand alone program (like DEL.EXE for example).

If that does not work, let me know.

[marylandwx]

Worked! Thanks!

[John Liss]

added these vars to the manual.