> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Banks
> Sent: 14 November 2007 17:25
> To: FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: Re: shell programming
>
> What am I doing wrough here:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> $DAYN='/bin/date +%a' + "_master.sql"
> mysqldump master > $DAYN
Your quotes should be backticks not single quotes.
Also drop the $ from before the variable name when assigning.
#!/bin/sh
DAYN=`/bin/date +%a`
DAYN="${DAYN}_master.sql"
- barry
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