Thierry De Corte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to backup some files using tar in a script... How can I use the current date
>to create the file
> name?
>
> In other words, I want to script the command:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> tar -zcvf backup_jun18.tgz /some_dir/*
>
> with the date part automatic (the date can be any formats)...
>
> Thanks
>
If you were using perl for your scripting, you'd say:
my $date = scalar localtime;
$date =~ s/\s+/_/g;
If using bash, I'd say something like:
date=`date +"%Y.%m.%d.%H:%M:%S"`
then use $date in your filename, (date looks like "2001.06.18.07:52:48" -
if you want a different kinda date, look up the man page on 'date' and use
different %-thingys ;-)
rc
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