Am 11. Dec, 2007 schwätzte Patrick Fleming, EA so:

> BACKUPDIRNAME=`date +Y%m%d%` #these are backtics -

Use $( ) format for bash and ksh scripts :).

BACKUPDIRNAME=$( date +Y%m%d% )

ciao,

der.hans
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