cd /path/where/you/want/to/create/the/new/dir newdir=$(date '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S') mkdir $newdir cp -a /path/where/your/old/files/are/* $newdir maybe the one-liner could work cp -a /path/holding/old/files/ /path/to/new/location/$(date '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S') a "true" timestamp would be given with $(date '+%s') hth A 09:41 17/11/2003 -0700, vous avez écrit : >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
