4. Using the special strings

The special strings are a set of strings that can be specified in paths and names.

General:

%UN%: the name of the current Windows user

%CN%: the computer’s name

%BN%: the name of the current Backup Set

%BF%: the full path of the current Backup Set file

%IP%: the computer’s IP address

%ML%: the full path of the main log file

%TL%: the full path of the detailed tape log file

%BR%: backup result

%PP%: the path of the Uranium Backup installation folder

%LF%: the name of the newest file in a folder (this special string can be used in an item’s path like C:myfolder%LF%; subdirectories will not be considered)

%OF%: the name of the oldest file in a folder (this special string can be used in an item’s path like C:myfolder%OF%; subdirectories will not be considered)

%LD%: the name of the newest directory in a folder (this special string can be used in an item’s path like C:myfolder%LD%)

%OD%: the name of the oldest directory in a folder (this special string can be used in an item’s path like C:myfolder%OD%)

%OW%: Windows’ “Registered Owner” information

%OR%: Windows “Registered Organization” information

%UF%: the path of the user-profile folder

%UD%: the path of the user desktop folder

%UM%: the path of the user documents folder

%LZ%: the full path of the latest zip file created by Uranium during the backup

%ZD%: the date of the latest zip file created by Uranium during the backup

Date and time:

%yyyy%: 4 digits year (2008)

%yy%: 2 digits year (08)

%dd%: number of the day

%dddd%: name of the weekday (Sunday, Monday…)

%hh%: hours

%nn%: minutes

%ss%: seconds

%mm%: number of the month (1=January, 12=December)

%mmmm%: month name (January, February…)

%ww%: number of the week in the year (1=January 1st, 52=December 31st)

%w%: number of the day in the week (1=Monday and 7=Sunday)