Special variables

Some variables have a hard coded meaning. They begins and ends with __. Here is the list:

• __subdir__: the result will be placed is a subdirectory of the output directory. The value can contain the following strings:

  • {fid} = file ID

  • {parent} = name of the parent directory

• __no_cache__: no cache is used.

• __no_check__: no XML or ePub file is executed but forced ones.

• __no_remove__: temporary files are kept.

• __zip__: the result is compressed in one ZIP file. if __zip__ contains a ., it is used as an extension. In this case, you can use {timestamp} for time stamping your archive.

• __assembly__: the cioset file is interpreted as an assembly.

• __resources__: the value is comma separated pathes of resource directories. These are used as a priority. The value can use the following string:

  • {fpath} = path of current file

• __template__: it defines a directory containing templates for the processor. This value overrided default value. It matches the following pattern: <id>:<path>. Ex: sandbox:Templates

You can use variables to manage breakpoints in your process. We recommend to call this kind of variable __breakpointX__ where X is the number of the break point.