Re: How do I do this in bash ??
* Dave Selby <dave_arahan@yahoo.co.uk> [2003-01-19 12:10]:
>
> #! /bin/sh
>
> # Backup entire 'myfiles/' directory, name it with the date.
>
> cd /usr/local/
> tar -czf /mnt/archive/autoarchive/date myfiles
>
tar czf <path_to_backup>/`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`.backupmyfiles.tar.gz
tar cjf <path_to_backup>/`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`.backupmyfiles.tar.bz2
* *
note the inverted accents!
results in 20030119-1213.backupmyfiles.tar.bz2
I would make use of the second form since the files get remarkably
smaller!
wbr,
Lukas
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