Just add an executable line to the name of the tar.gz by using date. Pretty simple. I do it all the time.
tar -zxf /path/to/file-`date +%m-%d-%y`.tar.gz /path/to/dir/to/backup You'll end up with /path/to/file-03-26-02.tar.gz Check out date --help for all the possible flags, so you can get your tar file as specific as you'd like. Including the time, just the day and month, format, etc; Hope that helps ya. tdh -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | I have a script I use to backup some important files in my home directory. It works |fine but I would like it to add the curent date to the file name IE: |backup-03-26-02.tar.gz instead of just backup.tar.gz | Any suggestions on how to do this? I looked in the tar man and tar howto but |couldn't find exact syntax for the current date. | thanks | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com `-------------------------------------------------------------------
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