All directory paths may contain macros that are expanded during synchronization. Begin and end of each macro is marked by a % character. Besides special macros handling time and date, the operating system's environment variables can also be used.
Macro | Sample value |
---|---|
%date% | 2012-12-31 format: [YYYY-MM-DD] |
%time% | 123044 format: [hhmmss] |
%timestamp% | 2012-12-31 123044 format: [YYYY-MM-DD hhmmss] |
%year% | 2012 |
%month% | 12 |
%day% | 31 |
%hour% | 12 |
%min% | 30 |
%sec% | 44 |
%weekday% | Monday (day of the week) |
%week% | 52 (calendar week) |
Macro | Sample value |
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%AllUsersProfile% | C:\ProgramData |
%AppData% | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming |
%ComputerName% | Zenju-PC |
%LocalAppData% | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local |
%ProgramData% | C:\ProgramData |
%ProgramFiles% | C:\Program Files |
%ProgramFiles(x86)% | C:\Program Files (x86) |
%Public% | C:\Users\Public |
%Temp% | C:\Windows\Temp |
%UserName% | Zenju |
%UserProfile% | C:\Users\<username> |
%WinDir% | C:\Windows |
Macro | Sample value |
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%csidl_Desktop% | C:\Users\<username>\Desktop |
%csidl_Downloads% | C:\Users\<username>\Downloads |
%csidl_Favorites% | C:\Users\<username>\Favorites |
%csidl_MyDocuments% | C:\Users\<username>\Documents |
%csidl_MyMusic% | C:\Users\<username>\Music |
%csidl_MyPictures% | C:\Users\<username>\Pictures |
%csidl_MyVideos% | C:\Users\<username>\Videos |
%csidl_Nethood% | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts |
%csidl_Programs% | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs |
%csidl_Quicklaunch% | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch |
%csidl_Resources% | C:\Windows\Resources |
%csidl_StartMenu% | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu |
%csidl_Startup% | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp |
%csidl_Templates% | C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates |
Note: Most macros listed here also have a variant for public folders, e.g. %csidl_MyMusic% has %csidl_PublicMusic%.
Hint: You can add a great amount of flexibility to a ffs_batch configuration file by creating new temporary environment variables in a bat or cmd file that are evaluated by FreeFileSync at runtime:
The FreeFileSync batch file C:\SyncJob.ffs_batch contains macro %MyVar% instead of an absolute target folder and is invoked by a cmd file: