On 08/19/2013 08:56 PM, Mark Haney wrote: > I've hit a problem I can't quite figure out which a bash script I'm writing. > I'm trying to copy backup files in the format 2013-August-18--1123.zip to an > NFS share. I want to have the script copy the file with just the date. In > bash I've setup vars that get the current date: > > # Date variables > log_year=`date "+%Y"` > log_month=`date "+%B"` > log_day=`date "+%d"`
Partially offtopic hint: avoid multiple date invocations, you can get wrong results at the midnight of the last day of the month (and it's much worse when doing hours,minutes,seconds). Just do: log_ymd=`date +%Y-%B-%d` -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
