Creating a Variable from the Command Line

Creating a variable from the command line

Variables can be defined in REPORTER when starting from the command line with the -var option. For example to define variable DEFAULT_DIR you could do:

reporter 22.exe -varDEFAULT_DIR=/data/test/tube1

If the variable contains spaces then it must be quoted.

reporter 22.exe -varDEFAULT_DIR="C:\directory with spaces\tube1"

By default variables defined on the command line will not be temporary. You can change this and also specify the variable type on the command line if required. For more details see appendix A .