Re: OT: Output from date command - my little backup script

2011-01-16 Thread Adrian Levi
On 16 January 2011 17:34, Bob Proulx wrote: > Adrian Levi wrote: >>     if [ $backuplevel -eq 0] > > You are missing a space after the 0 and before the ] and I am hoping > that is simply an email glitch.  But you must have a space there. > >    if [ $backuplevel -eq 0 ] Thanks Bob, That fixed it

Re: OT: Output from date command - my little backup script

2011-01-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Adrian Levi wrote: > Is the output from the date command a string or integer wrt date +%w? The date command only produces string output. %w produces one of the characters 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. > I'm trying to test a condition in my backup script where i want to > match on day of week = 0 > > The

OT: Output from date command - my little backup script

2011-01-15 Thread Adrian Levi
Is the output from the date command a string or integer wrt date +%w? I'm trying to test a condition in my backup script where i want to match on day of week = 0 The program flow I am trying to achieve is" If the file exists and the day of the week is 0 then remove the file and set the day of the