Please bottom post.... > > thanks. I wasn't aware of the rename function. As far as converting to YYYYMMDD, can that be done on the fly using localtime()? I am reading online docs now, but nothing talks about it done on the fly i.e. when I call the function up. If not I will work on it some more and follow up with whatever I find out. > > Regards. >
'localtime' will only provide you the pieces to build the date, from there you will likely want to build a filename string. 'sprintf' may be of assistance in this case for getting two digit months and days, perldoc -f sprintf For more. Be sure to check the perldocs for information about converting the parts of the date returned by localtime to actual format, for instance adjusting the month by 1 and the year by 1900... perldoc POSIX specifically the 'strftime' might also prove useful, though is more complicated. HTH, http://danconia.org > > Wiggins d Anconia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > jason corbett wrote: > > > How can i rename a file or create a file with the date included? For > > > example, I want to automate and run reports and save the reports > > > under the date of when they were created i.e. JC07082004. Whats the > > > easiest way to do this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > JC > > > > Using localtime in conjunction with time, you can roll your own > little setup. > > > > Additionally, if you didn't know already, Perl has a 'rename' function > built in, or if you are going to g across file system boundaries you > should look at the File::Copy module. > > perldoc -f rename > perldoc -f time > perldoc -f localtime > perldoc File::Copy > > Additionally you might consider using the Compress::Zlib for compression > of the logs, and you should definitely consider changing your naming > convention to be YYYYMMDD as that will allow the files to sort properly > in their directory. > > http://danconia.org > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
