Oops.  Since you're doing an hourly backup, you'll obviously want a more
accurate timestamp than what I provided in my script.  The man page for
the date command will give you all the available options.  For the hours,
minutes, and seconds, you'll use %H, %M, and %S, respectively.
~M


On 13 Apr 2002, Bryce C. wrote:

> Hi,
> Could anyone give me some help with some bash scripting.  I'm trying to
> write a script for an hourly back up but I don't know how to add a
> timestamp in to the tar output file name.  What I have currently (with
> confidential parts hidden) is:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> su _USER_ -c "cd /home/_USER_; tar -czf
> _NFSMOUNT_/_FILENAME_._COMPUTERNAME_._DATE_.tar.gz _DIRECTORYTOBU_/"
>
> Anything with _TEXT_ is the ommitted text except for the _DATE_.  Anyone
> please?
>
>
>
>
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