I am trying to create a directory with a datetime stamp as part of the
directory name. This is for backup purposes so I know when a directory is
backed up.
This is what I am trying to do on the commandline:
datedir= date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S
mkdir /tomcat$datedir
But, all I get is /tomcat. I do a echo $datedir and it's empty. The reason
it's empty is the space between the '=' and the command 'date'.
So, I try:
datedir=date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S
but I get an error saying that it can't find command '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S'. I try
putting it all in quotes, but that just echos out the command again like
it's a string:
datedir="date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S" or datedir='date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S'
echo $datedir
date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S
So, I tried this:
date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S | mkdir
and that failed. So did:
date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S > time.text
mkdir < cat time.text
and:
date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S > time.text
mkdir < time.text
How would I go about capturing the datetime stamp and then using that to
create a directory?
Thanks for the help.
Troy Davidson
Linux User #311107
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