File adapter: Variables in OS command

Hi All,
Is it possible to put variable (from variable substitution) into OS command line? I need to create a specific filename, that issues from its payload. But substitution doesn't work - filename appears with percentage symbols and var names.
Thank you.

Guys,
Let me explain situation in details.
I have on source message split into several target messages. Then these messages are written as xml files. Finally, these files should be packed into zip archive, and zip archive should be named according to payload values.
In this scenario I can't use payloadzipbean - it creates many archives for each final message, while I need many in one. That's why I've decided to use os command to archive files:
jar -cvf pack_%var1%_%var2%.zip file_xml*
And it works, but at the end archive's name is pack_%var1%_%var2%.zip.
So, I know how variable substitution works, and how os command does... I just need to know if their collaboration is possible...

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>
surya venkat wrote:
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