The following variables can be used in /START, /END, /BETWEEN_FILES_AND_FOLDERS, /BEFORE_ANCHORS and /BEFORE_SUMMARY:
| Variable | Description, Use |
| %%DIR | Inserts the fully qualified path (for example: C:\Windows\System) Note: Works in /PRE_HREF_FILE and /POST_HREF_FILE |
| %%2SLASHDIR% | Inserts the fully qualified path (for example: C:\\Windows\\System\\), with two slashes appended Note: Works in /PRE_HREF_FILE and /POST_HREF_FILE |
| %%2FSLASHDIR% | Inserts the fully qualified path using two forward slashes (for example: C://Windows//System//), with two forward slashes appended Note: Works in /PRE_HREF_FILE and /POST_HREF_FILE |
| %%FOLDER | Inserts the folder (for example: Desktop) |
| %%RELATIVE_PATH | Inserts the path relative to the root folder (for example: \Desktop\Folder) |
| %%DATE | Inserts the date and time |
| %%DATE_NO_TIME% | Inserts the date (a trailing % is required) |
| %%F | Inserts the filename (Note: only works in /FILE_HREF_APPEND, /PRE_HREF_FILE and /POST_HREF_FILE sections) |
| %%F_PATH | Inserts the filename, including the relative path (Note: only works in /FILE_HREF_APPEND, /PRE_HREF_FILE and /POST_HREF_FILE sections) |
| %%F_PATH_2SLASH% | Inserts the filename, including the relative path, using two forward slashes as folder qualifiers Note: Works in /PRE_HREF_FILE and /POST_HREF_FILE |
| %%FILE...% | Inserts the contents of a text file. The filename must be followed by %.
Example: %%FILEsome_file.txt% inserts the contents of the file named some_file.txt.
Note: Absent a path, dirhtml will look for the file in the folder being searched first, then in the same folder as dirhtml.exe. %%FILE...% can also be used in an /ANCHOR section or as part of an Anchor Prefix. |
| %%SUMMARY | Inserts the summary statistics, which can use the /SUMMARY_STYLE script section |
| %%INCLUDES | Inserts the filenames include string |
| %%SKIPPED | Inserts the filenames exclude string |
| %%SPEC | Inserts the file specification string |
| %%VERSION | Inserts the version of dirhtml that created the file |
| %%FOLDERS_INCLUDE% | Inserts the folders include string |
%%FILE, %%DIR, %%FOLDER and %%VERSION can also be used in /HEAD.