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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Add date to a filename Post 61754 by gozer13 on Tuesday 8th of February 2005 11:46:31 AM
Old 02-08-2005
dt=`date +%d-%b-%Y`
exp myfile.$dt.dmp

the results look like:
myfile.08-Feb-2005.dmp
Last edited by gozer13; 02-08-2005 at 01:50 PM..
 

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jfs_logdump

jfs_logdump(8)						  JFS utility - journal log dump					    jfs_logdump(8)

NAME

       jfs_logdump - dump a JFS formatted device's journal log

SYNOPSIS

       jfs_logdump [ -a ] device

DESCRIPTION

       jfs_logdump dumps the contents of the journal log from the specified JFS formatted device into output file ./jfslog.dmp.

       device is the special file name corresponding to the actual device from which the journal log will be dumped (e.g.  /dev/hdb1 ).

       jfs_logdump must be run as root.

OPTIONS

       -a     Dump the entire contents of the journal log instead of just the committed transactions since the last synch point.

EXAMPLE

       Dump the entire JFS journal log from the 3rd partition of the 2nd hard disk into ./jfslog.dmp:

	      jfs_logdump -a /dev/hdb3

REPORTING BUGS

       If you find a bug in JFS or jfs_logdump, please report it via the bug tracking system ("Report Bugs" section) of the JFS project web site:
       http://jfs.sourceforge.net/

       Please send as much pertinent information as possible, including any jfs_logdump error messages and the complete output of running jfs_fsck
       with the -v option on the JFS device.

SEE ALSO

       jfs_fsck(8), jfs_mkfs(8), jfs_fscklog(8), jfs_tune(8), jfs_debugfs(8)

AUTHORS

       Barry Arndt  (barndt@us.ibm.com)
       William Braswell, Jr.

       jfs_logdump is maintained by IBM.
       See the JFS project web site for more details:
       http://jfs.sourceforge.net/

								 October 29, 2002						    jfs_logdump(8)
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