>> I want to add a directory yo a zip file, but the name of the zip file
>> must the day before the current day.
>>
>> Thus, a file must be create with the following name 05-10-98.zip
>>

>zip -r $(date --date 'yesterday' '+%m-%d-%y.zip') your_dir


Thanks !!!

I was very close.... But what does the $ mean ???


>I don't know if this is the zip command you are
>using, but the date command above will return a
>filename created from yesterdays date.

Yep. I will use ZIP, because it is easy to use, and w$indowz will also be
able to read it...

Thanks !!!


            Igmar




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