Linux Debian support - Re: mkdir with dynamique names, many thanks

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Re: mkdir with dynamique names, many thanks

John Smith

2005-10-24, 9:42 am

Many thanks, Gregor, for your answer.
It works fine with

mkdir backup-`date --iso-8601`

best regards,
cu.

gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:38:55 +0200, John Smith wrote:
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> $ date +"%d--%m--%y"
> gives you current date in your desired format, and the complete
> command would be:
> $ mkdir backup-`date +"%d--%m--%y"`
> or
> $ mkdir backup-$(date +"%d--%m--%y")
> (depending on the shell)
>
> BTW: I'd suggest to use the ISO date format. i.e. "date --iso-8601" ->
> $ mkdir backup-`date --iso-8601`
>
> gregor