[SOLVED] move file and folder date stamps

smithy2010 · 05-07-2010, 04:51 PM

Hi all,

I wrote this little script and I need some help, I am trying to achieve following:

Every day I receive new file in the /home/denis/MyData/ folder and I don't know what the file mane will be but I want to move any file that arrives there to the new location /media/DataBackup/Linux/backup/
(media/DataBackup/ is external 500GB USB drive)
and to automatically create new folder with the date and time stamp every day and then to move content of the /home/denis/MyData/ into the new folder with current date stamp. So every day there will be new folder and will contain files for that day only.

My script is as follows:

cd /media/DataBackup/Linux/backup/

mkdir MyData_$(date +%Y%b%d_%HH%MM)

#this creates file MyData_current date and time

cd /home/denis/MyData/

mv *.* /media/DataBackup/Linux/backup/MyData_????/ what do I key in here?

I hope someone can help me with this one.

Thanks in advance

Denis

AlucardZero · 05-07-2010, 05:06 PM

You want it to be the same as the "MyData_$(date +%Y%b%d_%HH%MM)" before it, right?

Fill a variable and use it.

Code:

DEST=/media/DataBackup/Linux/backup/MyData_$(date +%Y%b%d_%HH%MM)
mkdir ${DEST}
mv /home/denis/MyData/*.* ${DEST}/

Hammett · 05-07-2010, 05:09 PM

I know close to nothing regarding bash scripting, but you might want to try this:

Code:

cd /media/DataBackup/Linux/backup/
DIR=MyData_$(date +%Y%b%d_%HH%MM)
mkdir $DIR
#this creates file MyData_current date and time
cd /home/denis/MyData/
mv *.* /media/DataBackup/Linux/backup/$DIR

Hope it helps!

LOL! While I was typing this, AlucardZero proposed the same solution (slightly different)

smithy2010 · 05-08-2010, 10:52 AM

Hi both,

Thank you very much for your suggestions, both scripts are working well. I really appreciate you help you saved me many hours of work.

Best wishes

Denis