Jos --
This seem to work. Also check perldoc -f localtime for all the sorid
details.
Dave
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use Carp;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
$now_string = strftime "%Y%m%d", localtime;
chomp($now_string);
open (CONFIG,">$now_string");
print CONFIG "Today to is: $now_string\n";
close (CONFIG);
> well, there's also the 'time' operator...
> but it all depends on what format you want/need
>
> of course, there's the Date::Format module on cpan taht probably can
format
> it anyway you like
> look at it here:
> http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=date%3A%3Aformat
>
> hth,
> Jos Boumans
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Grossner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:33 PM
> Subject: Opening a file, but adding the date to the name
>
>
> > I want to open a file:
> >
> > open (CONFIG, ">/tftpboot/$_");
> > chmod (0777, "/tftpboot/$_");
> >
> > but i want to make the filename be $_."the current date"
> >
> > the localtime function doesnt look very promising, as the output is not
> > very human readable :-)
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> >
> > Tim Grossner
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