Ketarin 1.1.4.344

[floele]

Hi,

 

a new minor release with a couple of additions:

 

+Added variable {startuppath}

+Show file properties (F9)

+Added time and time-x/time+x variables for Unix timestamp (useful for SF.net downloads)

!Fixed: Status column does not sort properly

!Fixed a possible NullReferenceException

 

Regards,

Flo

[Tomorrow]

Installed.Looks good.

Thank you.

[josh]

Thank you!

[shawn]

Hi, Flo!

 

I still can't get {startuppath} to work within the global commands. Is there a trick to it? Trying to execute:

echo {category} /// {appname} {version} >> "{startuppath}\Updates.txt"

 

The output still uses the literal text "{startuppath}" though.

 

This is what the above actually attempts to execute:

 

Plugins /// Java x86 6u21 >> "{startuppath}\Updates.txt"

[floele]

Hm, it wasn't intended for commands yet. Seems like I need to adjust that for the next version.

[shawn]

Thank you!

[necrox]

You don't have to use {startuppath} to write your log file.

 

Remove your startuppath variable and it will create Updates.txt in the same folder the Ketarin.exe is located.

 

echo %date% - %time% // {category} {appname} v{version} >> Updates.txt

[CybTekSol]

Lookin' GOOD so far Flo... THANKS as always!

[shawn]

Okay, how do I open it in N++? Currently, I use:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Updates.txt"

 

That's not possible, and my attempt to include just the filename fail. Neither of these work to open the file in N++, even though txt files are associated with it:

"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Updates.txt"

Updates.txt

[necrox]

You have to split it into two different steps. The first one is to save the file. And the second one is to open it.

 

echo %date% - %time% // {category} - {appname} - {version} >> "Updates.txt"

start "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "Updates.txt"

 

 

And if the Update.txt is located on desktop just change the path to "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Updates.txt"

[shawn]

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%" doesn't exist on 32-bit computers, so it won't work in my screwy network. I know, I've been through this a lot trying to find a reliable cross-platform method to use the same jobs.db and local (network storage) cache settings without having to change settings based on the environment.

 

The start command should really be avoided too, since it's not cross-platform consistent.

 

Maybe the best method is to set the executeable based on the system variables?

 

IF "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"=="" THEN "%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "Updates.txt"
IF NOT "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"=="" THEN "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "Updates.txt"

[shawn]

Nope, that doesn't work either.

[floele]

You may want to use Process Explorer to find out which environment variables are currently in use and which values they have. Windows might to some tricky stuff with these variables.

[shawn]

ProcExp shows that the same environment variables I expect to be there, but that wasn't the problem. It was "THEN". Batch doesn't understand it. Removed, and working fine now:

IF "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"=="" "%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "Updates.txt"
IF NOT "%ProgramFiles(x86)%"=="" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "Updates.txt"

 

Thanks everyone!