Thanks Kevin.  That was exactly th problem.  I didn't see the difference
between '(bad) and `(good).  Also thank you group for your quick help.


On 13 Apr 2002 13:53:28 -0700, KevinO wrote:
> Bryce C. wrote:
> > Unfortunately, bash doesn't put the executed output in the variable, it
> > puts the text itself in.  Any other ideas?
> 
> Are you referring to this ? : DATE=`date +%m-%d-%y`
> 
> This does indeed work. Make sure that you get the ticks pointing the right 
> way. Make sure that you are using bash. The first line of your script may need 
> to be : #!/bin/bash to insure this.
> 
> 
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