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  From: Gary Hawkins <ghawk@eskimo.com>
  To  : Nick Stock" <nstock@netstarnetworks.com>, <nstock@netstarnetworks.com>
  Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 17:19:50 -0800

RE: Date stamp

cp file backup-`date +%y%m%d`.tgz

     Field Descriptors:
          n    insert a new-line character
          t    insert a tab character
          m    month of year - 01 to 12
          d    day of month - 01 to 31
          y    last 2 digits of year - 00 to 99
          D    date as mm/dd/yy
          H    hour - 00 to 23
          M    minute - 00 to 59
          S    second - 00 to 59
          T    time as HH:MM:SS
          j    day of year - 001 to 366
          w    day of week - Sunday = 0

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Stock [mailto:nstock@netstarnetworks.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 5:35 PM
> To: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
> Subject: Date stamp
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to use a shell script (via cron) to create a backup file
> every day and I would like the filename to contain the date.
> 
> Something along the lines of... backup-000221.tgz 
> 
> How can I go about this?
> Does anyone know of any good examples on how to do this.
> My shell programming experience is limited.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Nick
> RJ-45 of all trades.
> 
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