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#Constants
Commonly needed values preloaded for easy access. CONSISTENT across NT/2K/XP/K3.
FIXED CONSTANTS use ALL CAPITALS and are always available after Library Initialization (NTCmdLib /i). Transient
Constants use Mixed Case and are normally available upon demand.
NOTE: In actual use, constants are NOT CASE SENSITIVE
(#Constant = #constant = #CONSTANT)
Fixed Constants (always available)
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Name |
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Description |
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#ALLSYMBOLS |
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32
non-alphanumeric symbols on a standard US keyboard
#ALLSYMBOLS=" < > | & ( ) , ; = % ^ :
! * ? . / \ - + ~ [ ] ' @ ` { } # $ _ |
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#CMDSYMBOLS |
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14
keyboard symbols that "usually" need special treatment.
#CMDSYMBOLS=" < > | & ( ) , ; = % ^ : ! |
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#SAFESYMBOLS |
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18
keyboard symbols that are "mostly" safe to use in scripts
#SAFESYMBOLS=* ? . / \ - + ~ [ ] ' @ ` { } #
$ _ |
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#DIGITS |
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10
digits (0-9, space delimited) |
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#ALPHA |
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26
letters of the alphabet - lower case (a-z, space delimited) |
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#UPPER |
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26
letters of the alphabet - UPPER CASE (A-Z, space delimited) |
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#TAB |
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A single
TAB character |
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#xxx40 |
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Various
strings of 40 identical characters, used to format reports, logfiles or screen output.
xxx can be DASH -, UNDLN
_, COLON :,
STAR * or SPACE
. For example,
ECHO%#DASH40%
will display
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#RULER |
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On
screen ruler (used UNDER the text to measure)
#RULER=````'````1````'````2````'````3````'````4````'````5````'````6````'````7 |
Transient Constants (available by default after Library Initialization)
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Name |
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Description |
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#os |
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Current
Operating System (two-letter code - NT, 2K,
XP or K3) - see
.GetOS,
.ifNT) |
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#role |
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Current
System Role (Server or Wkstn) (see .GetRole,
.ifServer,
.ifWkstn) |
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#prompt |
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Value of
prompt at Library Initialization (see .GetPrompt and
.RestorePrompt) |
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#LogDate |
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yyyymmdd, regardless of the local date format - see .GetLogDate |
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#LogTime |
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hhmnss, regardless of the local time format - see .GetLogTime |
Transient Constants (available/updated on demand)
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Name |
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Description |
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#cd |
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Current directory
{like %CD% under 2K/XP/K3 but works in NT also} (see
.GetCD) |
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#Date |
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Date in local format
{like %DATE% under 2K/XP/K3 but works in NT also} (see
.GetDate) |
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#Time |
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Time in local format
{like %TIME% under 2K/XP/K3 but works in NT also} (see
.GetTime) |
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#LogTimeP |
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hhmnsshs,
regardless of the local time format (see .GetLogTimeP) |
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#IPAddr |
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IP Address as
nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, or multi if more than one
(see .GetIPAddr,
.ListIPAddr) |
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#IPGateway |
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IP Default Gateway
as nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, or multi if more than one
(see .GetIPGateway,
.ListIPGateway) |
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#IPMask |
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IP Subnet Mask as
nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn, or multi if more than one
(see .GetIPMask,
.ListIPMask) |
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#Mac |
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MAC (or hardware)
Address as xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx, or multi if more than one
(see .GetMac,
.ListMac) |
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#Nic |
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NIC Description
Text, or multi if more than one
(see .GetNic,
.ListNic) |
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#TempFile |
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The name of a
"pseudo" random temporary file to use in a script (see .GetTempFile) |
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#ie |
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The Internet
Explorer version number as n.n.n.n (see :System_Info) |
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#ServicePack |
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The integer value of
the current Service Pack (see :System_Info) |
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#HotFix |
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A comma-delimited
list of installed HotFixes (see :System_Info) |
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