On Jun 4, Kipp, James said:
>$date = `date +%y%m%e`;
>$backup_dest = "/backup/home/" . "$date" . "-monthly";
Needless quoting of $date, and there's no reason to separate $date from
the rest of the string:
$backup_dest = "/backup/home/$date-monthly";
>$archive_dest = "/backup/home/archives/" . "$date" . "-monthly";
>$backup_target = "/home/";
>$level = '0';
>
>$cmd = "dump -$level -u -A $archive_dest -f $backup_dest -j 9
>$backup_target";
>
>system ("$cmd") or die "command failed: $?";
The only thing you've changed is using system() instead of ``, which the
OP says he has already tried; in addition, system() returns 0 on SUCCESS,
not failure.
system($cmd) == 0 or die "...";
or
system($cmd) and die "...";
is proper.
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