this is a snippet from my backup script.
the $6-$2-$3 expands as (for example) 2003-Aug-26
Amanda
set $(date)
#
if test "$1" = "Sun" ; then
# weekly a full backup of all data and config. settings:
# first, backup Cadwal
echo full backup Cadwal
tar cfz
"/mnt/public1/public1/Backups/Cadwal/backup_home_full_$6-$2-$3.tgz" $HOME
Quoting Alexander Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Why not do
>
>
> 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
> >
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