08-15-2006
First of all, it sounds like homework, then sorry, we dont help in homework stuff.
Secondly, I want you to make it clear if this is the standard format of filename, hotel_rates.ZZZ.123 Aug 02 2006 ie filename and creation date? If answer is yes, then why you want to take input from user in 080206 format? Take input from user in XXX 99 9999 format means Aug 02 2006 format. If answer is no, then let me tell you that in UNIX there is nothing like creation date, we have mtime(modification), ctime(change) and atime(access time) in unix, so we can try to find your files on mtime basis.
I doubt that its the standard file format in your archive directory Filename + creation date, please confirm that, because it matters.
Regards,
Tayyab
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DP(8) [nmh-1.5] DP(8)
NAME
dp - parse dates 822-style
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/mh/dp [-form formatfile] [-format string] [-width columns] [-version] [-help] dates ...
DESCRIPTION
Dp is a program that parses dates according to the ARPA Internet standard. It also understands many non-standard formats, such as those
produced by TOPS-20 sites and some UNIX sites using ctime(3). It is useful for seeing how nmh will interpret a date.
The dp program treats each argument as a single date, and prints the date out in the official 822-format. Hence, it is usually best to
enclose each argument in quotes for the shell.
To override the output format used by dp, the -format string or -format file switches are used. This permits individual fields of the
address to be extracted with ease. The string is simply a format string and the file is simply a format file. See mh-format(5) for the
details.
Here is the default format string used by dp:
%<(nodate{text})error: %{text}%|%(putstr(pretty{text}))%>
which says that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:', and the date in error. Otherwise, output the 822-proper format of the
date.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
PROFILE COMPONENTS
None
SEE ALSO
ap(8), Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (RFC-822)
DEFAULTS
`-format' default as described above
`-width' default to the width of the terminal
CONTEXT
None
BUGS
The argument to the -format switch must be interpreted as a single token by the shell that invokes dp. Therefore, one must usually place
the argument to this switch inside quotes.
MH.6.8 11 June 2012 DP(8)