[jeremy@MERCURY:pts/1:~]$ crontab -l 0 8 * * * /home/jeremy/bin/backupmail.sh
[jeremy@MERCURY:pts/1:~]$ cat ~jeremy/bin/backupmail.sh #!/bin/bash FILENAME=/home/jeremy/backups/mail/`date -I`.tar cd ~jeremy/ /bin/tar -chf $FILENAME mail/* HTH, j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.gaddis.org> > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Selby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:49 AM > To: Debian > Subject: How do I do this in bash ?? > > > 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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
