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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Newbie problem with simple script to create a directory Post 302254441 by gwfay on Tuesday 4th of November 2008 12:37:44 PM
Old 11-04-2008
Newbie problem with simple script to create a directory

script is:

dirname= "$(date +%b%d)_$(date +%H%M)"
mkdir $dirname

should create a directory named Nov4_

Instead I get the following returned:

root@dchs-pint-001:/=>./test1
./test1: Nov04_0736: not found.
Usage: mkdir [-p] [-m mode] Directory ...
root@dchs-pint-001:/=>

TOO easy, but what am I doing wrong?

Thx,
 

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gnomevfs-mkdir(1)						   User Commands						 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NAME
gnomevfs-mkdir - make a new directory at a VFS location SYNOPSIS
gnomevfs-mkdir -p URI DESCRIPTION
gnomevfs-mkdir is obsolete. It has been superseded by gvfs-mkdir. See gvfs-mkdir(1). gnomevfs-mkdir makes a new directory at a URI location that supports the creation of new directories. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -p Create parents of the directory if needed OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: URI Specifies the location of the new directory in standard URI format. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Making a New Directory in the Home Directory example% gnomevfs-mkdir file:///home/user/newdir ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH. EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure. FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gnomevfs-mkdir Executable to make a new directory at a VFS location ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-vfs | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Obsolete Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1), attributes(5), environ(5) NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004. SunOS 5.11 14 May 2008 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)
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