How to define variables myself?

[ghost]

I followed the instruction on Variables :: resticprofile, but it did not work.

profiles.toml:

{{ $tmp := 'D:\tmp'}}

[default.env]
TMP = '{{ $tmp }}'
RESTIC_PASSWORD = '123'
RESTIC_REPOSITORY = '.\repo'

resticprofile --dry-run init
2024/01/29 10:38:33 using configuration file: profiles.toml
2024/01/29 10:38:33 cannot load configuration file: cannot compile template: __config:profiles.toml:1: malformed character constant: 'D:\tmp'

resticprofile version
resticprofile version 0.24.0 commit bcfaaa7cacfa7f88a94d5dc62ca69b2d89205d89

[creativeprojects]

Sorry for the late reply:

A string in go templates can only be declared using double quotes, it doesn't work with single quotes.

Try this instead:

{{ $tmp := "D:\tmp"}}

[ghost]

{{ $tmp := "D:\tmp"}} works, but {{ $tmp := "D:\a\tmp"}} doesn't work:

resticprofile show
2024/02/06 06:39:25 using configuration file: profiles.toml
2024/02/06 06:39:25 cannot load configuration file: cannot parse toml configuration: While parsing config: toml: invalid character

[creativeprojects]

I don't have access to a Windows machine right now, but in the meantime you can try these methods:

{{ $tmp := "D:\\a\\tmp"}}  (negates the effect of the \ to form special characters)
{{ $tmp := "D:/a/tmp"}}    (forward slash is allowed in go code)
{{ $tmp := `D:\a\tmp`}}    (use the backtick)

I'll update the documentation after finding out the best way 😉

[ghost]

They all work!

[creativeprojects]

I have updated the documentation accordingly:

https://7a57af69.resticprofile.pages.dev/configuration/variables/#hand-made-variables