# PPA Substitutable Parameters

When using PPA substitutable parameters, you can modify the <command data> section in any PPA command, to save you from specifying the LocalFileName or RemoteFileName parameters.

Note: If you use PPA commands, then you cannot use standard tokens. Standard tokens are not supported because they are relatively long, so using PPA substitutable parameters can save bytes.

Use the percentage sign (%) as the escape character when using PPA substitutable parameters.

A list of PPA tokens can be displayed by the cfsend or cfrecv commands by entering the following commands:

- `cfsend /hppa`
- `cfrecv /hppa`

The following table lists the substitutable parameters that are supported:

Parameter | Description | Resolved Name Examples (Based on C:\a\b\c\d\config.txt)
--- | --- | ---
%DIR | Directory name without the file name and drive name | a\b\c\d
%DRIVE | Drive name | C
%FILE | File name without the directory | config.txt
%HDIR | High level directory | a
%HLQ | High level qualifier of file | config
%LFILE | File name with directory | C:\a\b\c\d\config.txt
%LLQ | Low level qualifier of file (data after the last period mark) | txt
%NODRIVE | File name without drive name | a\b\c\d\config.txt
%NOHDIR | Directory name without high level directory | b\c\d
%NOSDIR | Directory name without lowest level directory | a\b\c
%SDIR | Lowest level directory | d
%GDATE | Gregorian date (yymmdd) |
%GDATEC | Gregorian date with century (ccyymmdd) |
%JDATE | Julian date (YYDDD) |
%JDATEC | Julian date with century (CCYYDDD) |
%LUSER | Local user ID |
%PROC | Process name |
%RUSER | Remote user ID |
%TIME | Time (hhmmss) |
%TRN | Transaction number |
%UDATA | User data |

Note: You can use multiple PPA substitutable parameters within a single PPA command. Each substitutable parameter must be processed one at a time.

Because there is no drive in UNIX systems, if you use the %DRIVE parameter in a UNIX environment, then the % might be removed and `DRIVE` might be used as a substitution.

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