Wrong quotes. You have used the backward quote (`), which means
something special to the shell (although it is a form that is
deprecated). It means 'run a command called pictures...'
Use single quotes (') to suppress any interpretation of what's inside,
or double quotes (") which is usually OK.
On Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:44:54 -0700
Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok, I'm doing a test run on a script but I can't figure out why this
> is happening. I pt the name of the archive between ` marks including
> time and date format I wanted. I got the following output.
>
>
> pictures: command not found
>
> It then lists the files that I guess are being uploaded so now I'm a
> bit confused.
>
> Here is the script.
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> /usr/local/bin/tarsnap -c \
> -v -f `pictures and music `date +%D-%M-%Y_%H-%M`` \
> /users/sa/music /users/sa/movies /users/sa/pictures
> # End of the script...
>
>
> Do I have the right idea here? It looks like it half way works but it
> is not naming the archive what I want to name it. Once I get this set
> up I'll never need to worry again, I hope lol!
>
> Everyone be blessed and have a happy wednesday.
