Bash scripting using date
 

Here's the file so far:



And here is the error:


I know I'm missing something, what is it?

Hi,

There are spaces between myfilename and = and $(.......), they should not be there. I.e:

myfilename="$(date +%m%d%y).tar.gz"

I also removed the + bit and changed the quotes.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, that worked.

By the way, "+%m%d%y" is broken (unsortable and ambiguous), you should use "+%Y%m%d" or "+%F" instead.