On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 01:42:03PM -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: > I think this will work. I'd like to make daily and weekly backups. > What i need to know now is how to change the file name of each new > archive so that it doesn't write over the previous day's. Any ideas? Have a look at the multiple of options to the date command. Something like this should work for you (thinking out loud without any testing): DM=`date +%d%b` tar zcf $DM.tar.gz <source> -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
