Userid in scripts

[misi01]

Is there some "trick" to the following. I would like to create a script that will sync 2 folders. My script as it is at the moment is

load "c:\documents and settings\USERID\local settings\Application data\MFE\USERID" "H:\mash\mfe\databaser\db2\USERID"
sync update:left->right

What I'm looking for is some sort of method of replacing the value USERID with the user's real userid.
I have a workaround inasmuch as I can create the script file above on the fly, but it would be neater if I could change the script to something like

[I]set current_user = userid[/I]
load "c:\documents and settings\[I]"current_user"[/I]\local settings\Application data\MFE\"[I]current_user[/I] "H:\mash\mfe\databaser\db2\"[I]current_user[/I]
sync update:left->right

(you get the idea)

[Aaron]

Hello,

You could use command line variables for the user id:
bcompare.exe @script.txt "userid"
bcompare.exe @script.txt "userid2"
bcompare.exe @script.txt "userid3"

script.txt:
load "c:\documents and settings\"%1"\local settings\Application data\MFE\"%1 "H:\mash\mfe\databaser\db2\"%1
sync update:left->right

Is this the type of behavior/replacement you are looking for? Please test with test data/already backed up data.

[misi01]

Exactly what I was looking for

Thanks Aaron

[Aaron]

Great to hear. If you need more detailed documentation, it is found in the BC3 Help file, in the Using Beyond Compare section -> Automating with Script, in the top level article (selecting the purple book icon.)