That didn't work for me. I did figure it out by doing:
datedir=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
echo $datedir
20030717161622
Thanks for the help though.
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Quoting Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 11:43:05AM -0600, Troy Davidson wrote:
> > I am trying to create a directory with a datetime stamp as part of the
> > directory name. This is for backup purposes so I know when a directory
> is
> > backed up.
> >
> > This is what I am trying to do on the commandline:
> >
> > datedir= date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S
> > mkdir /tomcat$datedir
>
> "date" is a command, so if you want to assign its results to a variable
> you need to use the backticks (`). So, you'd have:
>
> datedir=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
> mkdir /tomcat$datedir
>
> I wasn't sure if you wanted that to be a folder inside /tomcat, or if
> you want all folders to begin with tomcat. If the former, then don't
> forget the slash, i.e. "mkdir /tomcat/$datedir"
>
> HTH,
>
> Todd
>
>
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