adding date timestamp to filename

markraem · 11-17-2004, 07:53 AM

I am looking under solaris to the following :

:start
date
cp filename filename19:23:33
goto start

where 19:23:33 is the time when the cp has to be done.

I know it is possible under linux :

#!/bin/bash

filename="date.txt"
timestamp=(date '+H:%M:%S' )
fullname=$filename$timestamp
cp date.txt $fullname

But how can I do it under Solaris ?

Tnx in advance

jlliagre · 11-17-2004, 08:04 AM

This works the same (typos aparts) under Solaris ksh or bash, e.g.:

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
filename=date.txt
cp $filename $filename$(date '+%H:%M:%S')

markraem · 11-17-2004, 08:32 AM

This works indeed correct !

tnx for your info