I'm writing a notification script for Skype event notifications. (As far as I know, that feature is Linux-only; go to "Options", "Notifications", select an event and fill in "Execute the following script".)

For incoming chat messages, I can get all the information I need with:

my-script.sh "%sname" "%smessage"

That is, %sname is substituted with the name of the sender and %smessage with the message text.

But for outgoing chat messages, %sname contains my name. I want to get the recipient's name somehow, but my Google skills have failed me so far. Is there another variable for that? (Or any documentation from Skype of this feature?)

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have you tried using %sskype instead of %sname? – zaynyatyi Sep 16 '10 at 13:09
Yes, it gives me my Skype username instead of my full name, but still nothing about the other person. – legoscia Sep 16 '10 at 14:06
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