add timestamp to name of file how?

supafly · 11-14-2001, 09:17 AM

running a cron job to backup a postgres database with the command

/~/bin/pg_dump mydb > /home/dbuser/mydb.pgsql

but I'd like so that the file name contains a timestamp (or the day of the week, like mydb_friday.pgsql)

how can I do this?

thanks,
k../

acid_kewpie · 11-14-2001, 09:52 AM

echo arse > made_on_`date +%A`_uh_huh

note the backwards quote marks.

supafly · 11-14-2001, 10:15 AM

thankyou

WindozBytes · 11-14-2001, 11:06 AM

Append something like

.$date

to your filename