Is it possible to use Windows Environment Variables in a putty logfile filename?
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Is it possible to include a Windows environment variable in a putty logfile filename? I tried using "putty - %USERNAME%.log" as my logfile, but the output file literally contains "%USERNAME%" instead of the variable contents. This suggests that it's either not possible, or putty may have an alternate escape character for environment variables. I'm hoping it's the latter...
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asked Jan 12 '18 at 16:18
Sam JohnsonSam Johnson
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Is it possible to include a Windows environment variable in a putty logfile filename? I tried using "putty - %USERNAME%.log" as my logfile, but the output file literally contains "%USERNAME%" instead of the variable contents. This suggests that it's either not possible, or putty may have an alternate escape character for environment variables. I'm hoping it's the latter...
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asked Jan 12 '18 at 16:18
Sam JohnsonSam Johnson
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You mean in PuTTY GUI configuration? + What are you trying to achieve?
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 12 '18 at 16:35
Yes, as configured in the GUI configuration. I’d like to include the current username in the log file name.
– Sam Johnson
Jan 13 '18 at 0:41
We know that. But why do you need to use variable for that? What's the point? Explain us.
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 13 '18 at 9:02
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Is it possible to include a Windows environment variable in a putty logfile filename? I tried using "putty - %USERNAME%.log" as my logfile, but the output file literally contains "%USERNAME%" instead of the variable contents. This suggests that it's either not possible, or putty may have an alternate escape character for environment variables. I'm hoping it's the latter...
putty
asked Jan 12 '18 at 16:18
Sam JohnsonSam Johnson
181128
Is it possible to include a Windows environment variable in a putty logfile filename? I tried using "putty - %USERNAME%.log" as my logfile, but the output file literally contains "%USERNAME%" instead of the variable contents. This suggests that it's either not possible, or putty may have an alternate escape character for environment variables. I'm hoping it's the latter...
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putty
asked Jan 12 '18 at 16:18
Sam JohnsonSam Johnson
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asked Jan 12 '18 at 16:18
Sam JohnsonSam Johnson
181128
asked Jan 12 '18 at 16:18
Sam JohnsonSam Johnson
181128
asked Jan 12 '18 at 16:18
Sam JohnsonSam Johnson
181128
asked Jan 12 '18 at 16:18
Sam JohnsonSam Johnson
181128
181128
You mean in PuTTY GUI configuration? + What are you trying to achieve?
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 12 '18 at 16:35
Yes, as configured in the GUI configuration. I’d like to include the current username in the log file name.
– Sam Johnson
Jan 13 '18 at 0:41
We know that. But why do you need to use variable for that? What's the point? Explain us.
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 13 '18 at 9:02
add a comment |
You mean in PuTTY GUI configuration? + What are you trying to achieve?
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 12 '18 at 16:35
Yes, as configured in the GUI configuration. I’d like to include the current username in the log file name.
– Sam Johnson
Jan 13 '18 at 0:41
We know that. But why do you need to use variable for that? What's the point? Explain us.
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 13 '18 at 9:02
You mean in PuTTY GUI configuration? + What are you trying to achieve?
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 12 '18 at 16:35
You mean in PuTTY GUI configuration? + What are you trying to achieve?
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 12 '18 at 16:35
Yes, as configured in the GUI configuration. I’d like to include the current username in the log file name.
– Sam Johnson
Jan 13 '18 at 0:41
Yes, as configured in the GUI configuration. I’d like to include the current username in the log file name.
– Sam Johnson
Jan 13 '18 at 0:41
We know that. But why do you need to use variable for that? What's the point? Explain us.
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 13 '18 at 9:02
We know that. But why do you need to use variable for that? What's the point? Explain us.
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 13 '18 at 9:02
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It rarely happens, but sometimes a Windows profile will "shift", moving from yourusername to yourusername.000. Since I administer a thousand systems in a cloud center, I now have about a 1000 systems in PuTTY pointing to the old profile location for logging. Using %USERPROFILE% environment variable would make the transition seamless. As it is, the only solution I can see now is to export the PuTTY registry key, and search and replace the user name string with the new one. Not difficult to do, but using the Windows environment value would be helpful.
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It rarely happens, but sometimes a Windows profile will "shift", moving from yourusername to yourusername.000. Since I administer a thousand systems in a cloud center, I now have about a 1000 systems in PuTTY pointing to the old profile location for logging. Using %USERPROFILE% environment variable would make the transition seamless. As it is, the only solution I can see now is to export the PuTTY registry key, and search and replace the user name string with the new one. Not difficult to do, but using the Windows environment value would be helpful.
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It rarely happens, but sometimes a Windows profile will "shift", moving from yourusername to yourusername.000. Since I administer a thousand systems in a cloud center, I now have about a 1000 systems in PuTTY pointing to the old profile location for logging. Using %USERPROFILE% environment variable would make the transition seamless. As it is, the only solution I can see now is to export the PuTTY registry key, and search and replace the user name string with the new one. Not difficult to do, but using the Windows environment value would be helpful.
answered Mar 5 at 18:41
EricNEricN
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It rarely happens, but sometimes a Windows profile will "shift", moving from yourusername to yourusername.000. Since I administer a thousand systems in a cloud center, I now have about a 1000 systems in PuTTY pointing to the old profile location for logging. Using %USERPROFILE% environment variable would make the transition seamless. As it is, the only solution I can see now is to export the PuTTY registry key, and search and replace the user name string with the new one. Not difficult to do, but using the Windows environment value would be helpful.
answered Mar 5 at 18:41
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It rarely happens, but sometimes a Windows profile will "shift", moving from yourusername to yourusername.000. Since I administer a thousand systems in a cloud center, I now have about a 1000 systems in PuTTY pointing to the old profile location for logging. Using %USERPROFILE% environment variable would make the transition seamless. As it is, the only solution I can see now is to export the PuTTY registry key, and search and replace the user name string with the new one. Not difficult to do, but using the Windows environment value would be helpful.
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You mean in PuTTY GUI configuration? + What are you trying to achieve?
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 12 '18 at 16:35
Yes, as configured in the GUI configuration. I’d like to include the current username in the log file name.
– Sam Johnson
Jan 13 '18 at 0:41
We know that. But why do you need to use variable for that? What's the point? Explain us.
– Martin Prikryl
Jan 13 '18 at 9:02