Hi all,

How could you dynamicaly create a folder named:

backup-dd--mm--yy

with dd: current day, mm:current month; yy:current year.





thanks for answer,

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:38:55 +0200, John Smith wrote:

> How could you dynamicaly create a folder named:
> backup-dd--mm--yy

$ date +"%d--%m--%y"
gives you current date in your desired format, and the complete
command would be:
$ mkdir backup-`date +"%d--%m--%y"`
or
$ mkdir backup-$(date +"%d--%m--%y")
(depending on the shell)

BTW: I'd suggest to use the ISO date format. i.e. "date --iso-8601" ->
$ mkdir backup-`date --iso-8601`

gregor
--
.''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4
: :' : infos zur usenet-hierarchie at.*: http://www.usenet.at/
`. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/
`- NP: Sinéad O'Connor - Never Get Old

Many thanks, Gregor, for your answer.
It works fine with

mkdir backup-`date --iso-8601`



best regards,
cu.








gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:38:55 +0200, John Smith wrote:
>
>
>>How could you dynamicaly create a folder named:
>>backup-dd--mm--yy
>
>
> $ date +"%d--%m--%y"
> gives you current date in your desired format, and the complete
> command would be:
> $ mkdir backup-`date +"%d--%m--%y"`
> or
> $ mkdir backup-$(date +"%d--%m--%y")
> (depending on the shell)
>
> BTW: I'd suggest to use the ISO date format. i.e. "date --iso-8601" ->
> $ mkdir backup-`date --iso-8601`
>
> gregor