* Dave Selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-01-19 12:10]: > > #! /bin/sh > > # Backup entire 'myfiles/' directory, name it with the date. > > cd /usr/local/ > tar -czf /mnt/archive/autoarchive/date myfiles > tar czf <path_to_backup>/`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`.backupmyfiles.tar.gz tar cjf <path_to_backup>/`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`.backupmyfiles.tar.bz2 * * note the inverted accents!
results in 20030119-1213.backupmyfiles.tar.bz2 I would make use of the second form since the files get remarkably smaller! wbr, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf http://www.lpr.ch Wanna know anything about raw ip? Join [EMAIL PROTECTED] on http://www.rawip.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]