Error is ..when i run it manually I din't get your mean about shell......... [EMAIL PROTECTED] cvs_bkp]# mv /home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp.tar /home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp$date.tar mv: `/home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp.tar' and `/home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp.tar' are the same file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] cvs_bkp]# date=`date -I` mv /home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp.tar /home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp$date.tar mv: `/home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp.tar' and `/home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp.tar' are the same file On 10/15/05, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Manish Popli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > tar -cvf /home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp.tar /home/cvs/ > > > > # Rename the backup file by date > > > > date=`date -I` > > mv /home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp.tar > > /home/manish/cvs_bkp/cvs_bkp$date.tar > > What error message do you get if you try manually > running this script (change "date" to "echo" if you do > not want to mess with your backups)? The script looks > fine for bash, but if you have changed shells, you > might need to use ${date} instead of $date in the mv > line. It is usually best to do this for shell > variables not at the end. > > Regards, > Gora > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to > http://yahoo.shaadi.com > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > > -- Manish Popli _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/