Yes.. Thanks to all... This will make it easy for me to see what date and times the files were coppied. I might have some more questions about scripting later on. I'm glad to know that there is help :) Thanks Joe > 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
