Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:30:10 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Bill Banks <office@ourweb.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: shell programming Message-ID: <20071114123010.f6ab79cf.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <473B2F54.7030208@ourweb.net> References: <47349D10.20709@ourweb.net> <20071109193001.Y20961@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <473B2F54.7030208@ourweb.net>
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In response to Bill Banks <office@ourweb.net>: > What am I doing wrough here: > > #!/bin/sh > $DAYN='/bin/date +%a' + "_master.sql" > mysqldump master > $DAYN Those look to be single quotes and not backquotes. (backquote is the upper left key on most keyboards) > > Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > dayoftheweek=`date +%w` > > > > > > > > On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Bill Banks wrote: > > > >> I'm writing a backup script. I need to get the day of the week into > >> a variable. How can I do it? > >> > >> -- > >> ----------------------------------------------- > >> Bill Banks 508-829-2005 > >> Wachusett Programming Ourweb > >> http://www.ourweb.net > >> http://www.ourwebtemplates.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------- > Bill Banks 508-829-2005 > Wachusett Programming Ourweb > http://www.ourweb.net > http://www.ourwebtemplates.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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