3mo ago

Can AHK apply a dynamic filename to a file it makes?

For example, can FileAppend() be set to create something like %COMPUTERNAME%test.txt? I have no idea of what the code for this would be like, if so.

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Yes, computer name and date are both easily pulled by ahk.
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/Variables.htm
- Right, thanks (also v2 so that'd be https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/Variables.htm), but I'm wondering about the syntax to actually use A_ComputerName when the directory is involved. I don't know how to dynamically include this variable inside the filename of a new .TXT that AutoHotkey would create.
  
  You would either concatenate it or use the format command. That is explained at the beginning of the document. You could assign the filename to a variable.
  filename := A_ComputerName. ".txt"
  I am on mobile so it is much easier to link to examples. What have you tried?
The help file shows it using a variable for the file name.
- Where? https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/lib/FileAppend.htm
  All I see is it using My Script.ahk, not producing My Script DESKTOP_3058.ahk and My Script LAPTOP_362.ahk based on the local machine that the script is run in.
  To be transparent, I have a log generator being managed by a script in a Syncthing folder. I'd like to keep the script there if possible, but have the logs be individualized so they don't keep causing sync-conflicts.

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