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mysqldump > $(date +"%b-%-d")-dump.sql alex On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 10:47:41PM +0000, Voytek Eymont wrote: > I'm trying to dump data into a date-named file as in: > > mysqldump > %dd%-%mm%-dump.sql > > so far I made an alias for today, but, supect I might not be > heading in the right direction with it, so any pointers appreciated: > > # alias today='date +"%b-%-d"' > > > > > Voytek Eymont > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug >
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