Thanks for the 3 nice responses, I will try all, I will learn.
I never heard of the: "backtick operator" so that may be MY problem.
>>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?
> #!/bin/sh
> datefield=`date +%Y%M%d`
> filename=FOO.${datefield}
> touch $filename
> You want to use $() or backticks `` around your date command:
> $ touch $(date +%Y-%m-%d.log)
> or
> $ touch `date +%Y-%m-%d.log`
> To set a variable, just use the same technique:
> LOGDATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d.log`
> date_args=%G_%m_%d
> linkname=/tmp/write_here
> filename="/tmp/`date +$date_args`"
> touch "$filename"
> ln -sf "$filename" "$linkname"
> or if you don't like all the fancy stuff,
> touch "/tmp/`date +%G_%m_%d`"
> and have no link.
> Backquotes aka $(...) are your friends.
--
Ron
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