Script to rename a file
 

Hi

I'm new to linux and need help with a script.

I want to be able to run this script from webmin

#!/bin/bash
# script=dname
#parameter $1 is the existing file name
dt=`date +%y%m%d`
mv $1 $1$dt

I'm using filesystem backup to backup some files to /backup/backup.tar

problem is the file is getting over written everyday, I want to change the file name to include current date this way it wouldn't get deleted at next backup.

Can someone help

Do it in Python. Python is great for this sort of thing. It has a date library, so you can just get the day's date from it and play around naming files to your heart's content.

Python is simply fabulous and easy to learn.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3946

Have a look at that to get basic idea then look at how to import libraries.

import time

now = time.localtime()