To create the directory with date and time: mkdir `date +%d%b%Y"_"%k%M%S` where, %d - Day %b - Month %Y - Year %k - hour %M - minute %S - seconds The rest of the script, I believe that is easy, right? ----- Original Message ----- From: "EmbraceThePenguin" <jgiles@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:41 PM Subject: Bash Scripting Assistance > Hello All, > > I wish to create a script that will copy the contents of a directory to > another location. Not a big deal at all, however, prior to copying the > data, I want to the script to mkdir a directory for the new data and I > want the directory name to be the date and time stamp of the time the copy > happened. I wish to use this script in a cron job. > > How would I go about creating a folder using the current time and date? > > Thanks much for the assistance > > Joe > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
