On Sunday 19 January 2003 10:48 am, Dave Selby wrote: > Hi all ... > > I am writting a weekly automated backup script, very simple .. tars a > directory called 'myfiles' to a second hard drive. > > Works AOK except I want the name of the file written by tar to be the time > and date. So I get a list of tared dated backups > > I know 'date' gives me exactly what I want but I cant figure out how to get > tar to write a file with the value of date as its file name ... > > > #! /bin/sh > > # Backup entire 'myfiles/' directory, name it with the date. > > cd /usr/local/ > tar -czf /mnt/archive/autoarchive/date myfiles > > > I put this in /etc/cron.weekly and I get a file called date !!??? > I have tried '' and "" all to no avail > > Any hints ?? > Dave
Many many thanks for all your suggestions !! You have all been a great help, Auto updating should be on line in .... approx 10 mins !!!! complete with date !! Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
