Script not working

RouterOS Scripting
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I just cannot get this to work.

identify of MT device is: 125-hAP

The script creates the file:

125-hAP_2024-04-07.txt

Including the underline characters at the beginning and end of the file

But the fetch command cannot find the file.


/system
:local cdate [clock get date] 
:local yyyy  [:pick $cdate 0  4]
:local MM    [:pick $cdate 5  7]
:local dd    [:pick $cdate 8 10]
:local identitydate "$[identity get name]_$yyyy-$MM-$dd"

/ip/address print file="[$identitydate]"

 /tool fetch upload=yes mode=ftp ascii=no src-path="[$identitydate].txt" dst-path="/mikrotik-backups/$[$identitydate].txt" address=192.168.2.22 port=21 user=mikrotik password=mikrotik

/file remove "[$identitydate]"

Also tried the /tool fetch command with src-path=“$[$identitydate].txt”

As well as without the .txt

Did something change in the scripting over the past several RouterOS updates?

Thanks!

2

There were some recent builds that “sanitized” the file names. In latest 7.15beta9, it returns to the “old” behavior.

*) console - added “sanitize-names” property under “/console/settings” menu (option for replacing reserved characters with underscores for files, disabled by default);

3

I don’t know what sanitize means in this context?

I’m sure there was no version that would have given be a health problem (except maybe psychological problems).

4

Specifically, v7.13 and v7.14 have this changes:

*) console - replace reserved characters in file and script names with underscores;

So sanitize means remove spaces and special characters. The reverted this as a default in 7.15 beta.

5

*) console - replace reserved characters in file and script names with underscores;

Wow, as if the proper usage of “$” and “[” weren’t complicated enough in filenames/variable-names.

6

And changing things in different versions really does add even more complexity. That’s why they reverted recently I suspect.