After a long battle with technology, der.hans wrote:
> 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% )
Better yet, BACKUPDIRNAME=$( date +%Y%m%d ) unless you have a year named Y
somewhere in your calendar system (-: .
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