On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 07:58 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 13:25 +0700, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > > Hi all, > > I want to automate backup process into crontab. > > What I usually manually do is: > > tar zcvf filename-date.tar.gz /somedirectory For example: tar zcvf filename-$(date --iso-8601).tar.gz .... Additionally, you may use a date format generating date _and_ time. > > > > Can anyone help me with the script needed that can include the date in the > > filename? > > What format would you like the date to be in? Give an example. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > -- Best regards Joachim Backes <backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center [RHRK], Systems and Operations, High Performance Computing, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, Germany -------------------------------------------------- Phone: +49-631-205-2438, FAX: +49-631-205-3056 http://hlrwm.rhrk.uni-kl.de/home/staff/backes.html
