Appendix D. Filepath Wildcards

Appendix D. Filepath Wildcards
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D.1. Definition
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Filepath wildcards can be used in most places in RDAdmin and RDCatch where a filename or URL is required.

D.1. Definition

A date/time wildcard in Rivendell has the following form:

%<delta-secs><meta-char><fmt-char>

where:

%

A literal percent.

<delta-secs>

Optional. A time offset, in seconds, to apply to the base date-time (normally, the current wall time). Default value is 0.

<meta-char>

Optional. One of the following meta-characters:

^: Convert value indicated by <fmt-char> to all uppercase.
$: Convert the initial character of the value indicated by <fmt-char> to uppercase.

<fmt-char>

One of the following letters:

a: Abbreviated weekday name --e.g. 'mon', 'tue'
A: Full weekday name --e.g. 'monday', 'tuesday'
b: Abbreviated month name --e.g. 'jan', 'feb'
B: Full month name --e.g. 'january', 'february'
c: [unassigned]
C: Century
d: Day of the month, zero padded (01 - 31)
D: Date (mm-dd-yy)
e: Day of the month, space padded ( 1 - 12)
E: Day of the month, unpadded (1 - 12)
f: [unassigned]
F: Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
g: Two digit year, as per ISO 8601
G: Four digit year, as per ISO 8601
h: Abbreviated month name --e.g. 'jan', 'feb'
H: Hour, 24 hour, zero padded (00 - 23)
i: Hour, 12 hour, space padded ( 0 - 12)
I: Hour, 12 hour, zero padded (00 - 12)
j: Day of year, zero padded (000 - 355)
J: Hour, 12 hour, unpadded (1 - 12)
k: Hour, 24 hour, space padded ( 0 - 23)
K: [unassigned]
l: Month, unpadded (1-12)
L: [unassigned]
m: Month, zero padded (01 - 12)
M: Minute, zero padded (00 - 59)
n: [unassigned]
N: [unassigned]
o: [unassigned]
O: [unassigned]
p: AM/PM string
P: [unassigned]
q: [unassigned]
Q: [unassigned]
r: Rivendell Host Name [not FQDN]
R: Rivendell Host Short Name
s: Service Name
S: Seconds, zero padded (00 - 60)
t: [unassigned]
T: [unassigned]
u: Day of the week, numeric, 1=Monday, 7=Sunday
U: [unassigned]
v: [unassigned]
V: Week number, as per ISO 8601
w: Day of the week, numeric, 0=Sunday,6=Saturday
W: Week number, as per ISO 8601
x: [unassigned]
X: [unassigned]
y: Two digit year
Y: Four digit year
z: -HHMM numeric timezone (e.g. -0400)
:z: -HH:MM numeric timezone (e.g. -04:00)
::z: -HH:MM:SS numeric timezone (e.g. -04:00:00)
Z: [unassigned]
%: A literal '%'

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