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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Insert date/time within a filename Post 88610 by vino on Monday 7th of November 2005 09:22:29 AM
Old 11-07-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by cooperman
Thanks for that Vino, BUT

I get the following error:

`NEW_NAME=$FILE_START$' unexpected

any ideas ?

thanks again
This ?

Code:
NEW_NAME=${FILE_START}$(date +%s)${FILE_END}

Last edited by vino; 11-07-2005 at 10:32 AM..
 

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rdate

rdate(1M)                                                 System Administration Commands                                                 rdate(1M)

NAME

       rdate - set system date from a remote host

SYNOPSIS

       rdate hostname

DESCRIPTION

       rdate sets the local date and time from the hostname given as an argument. You must have the authorization solaris.system.date on the local
       system. Typically, rdate is used in a startup script.

       The inetd daemon responds to rdate requests. To enable inetd response, the lines invoking the time command in inetd.conf must not  be  com-
       mented out.

USAGE

       The rdate command is IPv6-enabled. See ip6(7P).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWrcmdc                    |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       inetd(1M), inetd.conf(4), attributes(5), ip6(7P)

SunOS 5.10                                                          15 Feb 2001                                                          rdate(1M)
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