try the POSIX::strftime,this use the same datetime format as shell's
date command.
perl -e '
use POSIX qw/strftime/;
print strftime("%y%m%d %H:%M",localtime); '
070903 21:51
2007/9/3, Shams Fantar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello,
>
> I want to give a date (the year, the day, the hour and the minute) to a
> file. So, I use localtime function. But I don't understand how to use
> localtime (after reading the documentation on this function). Can you
> help me with this function?
>
> Next, I want to use a shell command, so I use the Shell function[2], and
> I must use the 'mysqldump' command :
>
> mysqldump -u root -p *** --all-databases > $FILE
>
> How could I use this command with the Shell function ?
>
> [1] : http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/localtime.html
> [2] : http://perldoc.perl.org/Shell.html
>
> I'm a beginner with perl... :-)
>
> Thanks !
>
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> Shams Fantar (http://snurf.info)
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