David wrote:
I am trying to get 081129 into $dayStamp.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $dayStamp;
$dayStamp = `date +\'%y%m%d\'` && die "Failure!";
You have three problems with that statement:
1) The '=' operator has higher precedence than the '&&' operator so you
need to either enclose
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 21:25, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to get 081129 into $dayStamp.
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
> my $dayStamp;
> $dayStamp = `date +\'%y%m%d\'` && die "Failure!";
> print "$dayStamp\n";
>
>
> My program outputs:
> Failure! at /Users/dave/perl/dateLo
