The problem is in the set line. It should read
FN=etc-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
(No spaces before or after the equal sign).
Also, why the ? after the $FN.tar on the second line?
As for just finding new files, what you probably want is something
along the lines of:
tar -cf $FN.tar $(find /etc -mtime 0 -type f)
(The mtime n means modified within the last n days.. change the number
to suit your taste. type f just indicates that it should only look at
files, not directories, since tar expands a directory into a recursive
save of that whole directory and everything in it, which is not what you
want.)
So what you end up with is:
FN=etc-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
tar -cf $FN.tar $(find /etc -mtime 0 -type f)
gzip $FN.tar
Hope this helps.
-Cliff
Cliff Woolley
Central Systems Software Administrator
Washington and Lee University
http://www.wlu.edu/~jwoolley/
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>>> "Miguel G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/01/99 10:25AM >>>
could anyone help me with a very simple script?
(it simply doesn't work the variables stuff)
and also how can I modify this (tar) to retrive only files which
I might get as new from $(find ...)
set $FN = etc-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
tar -cf $FN.tar? /etc/
gzip $FN.tar
