WPP v2.10 - The Web Preprocessor Author : Marco Lamberto
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Variables assignment

@NAME=val@

Valid names can contain uppercase letters, numbers and the '_' underscore char.
The value can contain other variables and macro calls delimitated by the @ char.

Source file <!-- assigns to FOO_0 the value Title -->    @FOO_0=Title@ <!-- deletes FOO_1 if defined -->    @FOO_1=@ <!-- sets FOO_0 to FOO_1 -->    @FOO_0=@FOO_1@@

Variables substitution

@NAME@

Simply put the variable name between two '@'.

Source file @FOO1=A@ @FOO2=B@ Choose @FOO1@ or @FOO2@ ?

=

Output file Choose A or B ?

Read-only variables

@WPP_VERSION@

The program version.

@INCLUDE@

Contains the name of the last included template.

@FILENAME@

The bare name without extensions (.raw or .html) and path.

@TEMPLATE@

If evaluated into a template is the template name, otherwise is an empty string.

@DATE@

RCS $Date$ tag value (if you use RCS, otherwise is the last modify time or, if the source is STDIN, the current date).

@AT@

The '@' char.

@EXTENSION@

Contains the extension of the output file (default is 'html'). It can be changed into a config file through the @DEFAULT_EXTENSION@ variable.

@RAW_EXTENSION@

Contains the extension of the input file (default is 'raw'). It can be changed into a config file through the @DEFAULT_RAW_EXTENSION@ variable.

@TMPL_EXTENSION@

Contains the extension of the template files (default is 'tmpl'). It can be changed into a config file through the @DEFAULT_TMPL_EXTENSION@ variable.

@OUTPUTDIR@

Contains the output directory. It can be changed into a config file through the @DEFAULT_OUTPUTDIR@ variable.

@OUTPUTSUBDIR@

Contains the output subdirectory path.
By running wpp on @OUTPUTSUBDIR@/ex.raw the output file will be placed into @OUTPUTDIR@/@OUTPUTSUBDIR@/ex.html.

@RAWDIR@

Contains the directory of the raw sources.

@TMPLDIR@

Contains the templates director It can be changed into a config file through the @DEFAULT_TMPLDIR@ variable.

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Marco (LM) Lamberto lm@geocities.com Revised: 1998/09/23 11:26:51 http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/1474/wpp/manual_4.html