I am doing a simple [1]backup Bash script that creates a backup archive of a folder (or file) I am working on. I want to have snapshaps all saved to one directory. To ensure unique name, I am currently appending the date and time to "MyArcName_data_time." But this creates a long and ugly name. I'd like either something cleaner like a unique number appended (based on total files in directory), or some random temp filename generator function that I don't yet know about.
The count would be sufficient, as each folder will always hold ONLY these archives, and no hidden files. Thus, my directory would be: myArcName_1.tar.gz myArcName_2.tar.gz myArcName_3.tar.gz ... iF there's some bash function for this, groovy. If not, i just need to know how to count the directories from inside my script. Thanks in advance References 1. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
