On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Jeremy Wadsack wrote:
> 
> Analog does not create [directories], you'll have to do that by hand. It
> shouldn't be too hard to do with the date command from a shell script.
> 

People sometimes ask me about this, by the way, so it's perhaps worth
pointing out that this is a deliberate decision, and indeed follows the
practice of most other programs. The slight loss of convenience is offset by
the chaos which can otherwise be caused by typos.

-- 
Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/
 "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than
  the question of whether a submarine can swim."  (Edsger W. Dijkstra)

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