On 13-Mar-2003/09:08 +0000, Zhi Cheng Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >now i want to backup files by renaming them with their time stamp added >the end of file name. by using "ls --full-time", however, different >version of RH gives different format, which make my scripts not >universally applicable. is there a better way to get the same time stamp >format, or to test which version of Linux (not kernel) is running?
currdate=`date +%Y-%m-%d` newfilename=backup.$currdate There are many options for the format of the date. See the 'date' man page. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
