#!/bin/bash
clear
echo "Stand-by while installing updates."
# read in the build number file...
# this is the build number of the current application in use...
file="txtBuild.txt"

while read -r line; do
# read in value and extract the build number to be incremented by 1...
    nline="${line%%\"*}" #strip everything from first " seen to the end
    newline="${nline:10}" # gets everything to the right of the first 10 characters...
    i=$(($newline+1)) # increment value by 1... this is the new build numer suffix example YYYYMMDD-032

# get year and month for the rest of the new build number...
  YY= date +%Y%m%d"-0$i" # This works fine...
  build="$YY"
  echo $build # This works in that is will display the new build number to the terminal

# write that value back out to the file...
  echo $build > "txtBuild.txt" # But this doesn't work as it just deletes the content and does not write the new value to the file... ggrrrrrr!


# create the tarball name with the value and date
tar -cvpf $line.tar.gz -T TarList.txt # This works in that the tarball is created with the old build number as the name... perfect!
 
done <$file

echo "the build number is [[$build]]"

    i=$(($newline+1)) # increment value by 1
    newi=$(printf "%03d" $i) # pad i with leading zeros.
    build=$(date +%Y%m%d-$newi) # assign build to your new number.
    echo $build > "txtBuild.txt"

read -r line < $file