Maybe the following will work. file=`date +%y%m%d%` mkdir $file cp -r directory $file Rick On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 10:41, EmbraceThePenguin wrote: > 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 -- Rick Henderson Computer Services Administrator (936) 291-5356 rick.henderson@xxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
