Thanks Kent, that works.
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Ezra Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hello all:
>> Can I do the below with input() from fileinput? If
>> this is not possible, what can I do to create backup files with the
>> date timestamp as an extension. Thanks for you help all.
>>
>>
>> from time import strftime
>>
>> for line in fileinput.input(inplace=1,backup='.strftime("%Y-%b-%d.%S")'
>
> Close, but not quite. strftime() won't be recognized in a string, but
> you can include the leading period in the format string. Try
> fileinput.input(inplace=1,backup=strftime(".%Y-%b-%d.%S")
>
> Kent
>
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