All directory paths may contain macros that are expanded during
synchronization. Begin and end of each macro are marked by a % character. In addition to special macros
handling time and date, the operating system's environment variables may also be used.
Macro | Example |
---|---|
%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 | Example |
---|---|
%AllUsersProfile% | C:\ProgramData |
%AppData% | C:\Users\Zenju\AppData\Roaming |
%ComputerName% | Zenju-PC |
%LocalAppData% | C:\Users\Zenju\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\Zenju |
%WinDir% | C:\Windows |
Macro | Example |
---|---|
%csidl_Desktop% | C:\Users\Zenju\Desktop |
%csidl_Documents% | C:\Users\Zenju\Documents |
%csidl_Pictures% | C:\Users\Zenju\Pictures |
%csidl_Music% | C:\Users\Zenju\Music |
%csidl_Videos% | C:\Users\Zenju\Videos |
%csidl_Downloads% | C:\Users\Zenju\Downloads |
%csidl_Favorites% | C:\Users\Zenju\Favorites |
%csidl_Resources% | C:\Windows\Resources |
%csidl_Quicklaunch% | C:\Users\Zenju\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch |
%csidl_StartMenu% | C:\Users\Zenju\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu |
%csidl_Programs% | C:\Users\Zenju\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs |
%csidl_Startup% | C:\Users\Zenju\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp |
%csidl_Nethood% | C:\Users\Zenju\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts |
%csidl_Templates% | C:\Users\Zenju\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates |
Note: Most macros listed here also have a variant for public folders, e.g. %csidl_Documents% has %csidl_PublicDocuments%.
Hint: You can add a 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: