tar cf /archive/backup_`date +%a`.tar ... should work yours josef
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 14:25, Grossman, Allan (DRMS) wrote: > Hi, all - > > I have a cron job that makes a tar archive of my web root on another spindle > in my server. What I'd like to do is insert the day of the week into the > filename but haven't figgered out exactly how to do it yet. > > What I've got is this - > > tar cf /archive/backup.tar /usr/www/* > > I've tried this > > tar cf /archive/backup_'date +&a'.tar /usr/www/* > > which didn't work well at all :( > > This has to be fairly simple but I haven't found anything on the web that > was even close. Can y'all help? > > thanks - -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
