Hi all:
I am having a bit of trouble with a bash scripting problem,
where I never expected it. (Slackware OS w/o the X window system)
I have DOS text strings coming to me over a fiber optic circuit
through a "IP serial server," ever 5 minutes I get one, 60 or so
character lines, and every other time I get two such strings.
(one source very 5 minutes, another every 10 minutes)
I need to create a new file every 24 hours and start appending
these incoming strings into the new file.
I want to name the files with the current date, so:
"at" midnight the file: date +.+ log needs to be created,
such as 12-25-05.log (for next Christmas) as an example.
I can divert date's string into a file as a text string,
but I haven't been able to create a file named from date.
man date says: "date - print or set the system date and time"
It prints the system time, but getting it into a variable
seems to be my problem.
I have tried everything that I can think of including:
touch < date (+formatting info)
Can anyone please point me in the proper direction?
--
Ron
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