There is an issue if you are wishing the sysdate variable to be dynamic.
The .profile will only be executed once when the user in question logs in so the value it will hold as you have already stated will be static or a constant.
The only way that you could force it to be dynamic would be to perform the execution of the .profile every time you wished to get your date time stamp.
This would potentially create a lot of overhead because in effect you would be resetting the environment every time you needed to get an updated date value.
The catch here is it appears that the goal is counter to what you are actually attempting to accomplish.
If you could please try to explain what it is you are attempting to accomplish once more. I understand that it may not be easy to do but it may provide what I am missing in order to try to help you find a solution that will meet the demands of your project.
My Problem is ,i have one script wich takes a back of xyz file in /home to /backup dir.this backup is scheduled for daily process ,what i want to make is that in that script the copy line
Code:
cp /home/xyz /backup/xyz.$SYSDATE
the $SYSDATE here i've to get is from the time of execution(current time).
so i thought of putting this line in my .profile
Hi there,
I wonder if anyone can help me. I run an application on an AIX 4.3.3 machine, for which I need to set up the LIBPATH environment variable for a specific user. I need this to be set up automatically when the user logs in (via Exceed), so I tried setting this in the .profile file.
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hi , i added ls -F to .profile. and i need to do ./.profile for the effect to take effect BUT i didnt and YET the next day when i came to work and log in, the changes took effect. i am on aix.
please explain..
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Hi
In my .Profile file initially I had given
export NLS_LANG="BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE_BRAZIL.WE8ISO8859P1"
and later I commented it.
When I connect to sqlplus from shell prompt and query
"select * from nls_session_parameters" it gives
PARAMETER VALUE... (1 Reply)
Hi
I am not able to setup PS1 environment variable in .profile file in my Home directory.I am using RED HAT3 Linux.this is the excercise that i have done
$echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh
$pwd
/home/khan
$ls -l .profile
-rwxrwxrwx
$more .profile
set -o vi
export PS1='khan'
$echo $PS1
$ (13 Replies)
Hi,
I have a SunOS -s 5.9 Generic_118558-39 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210 system.
I need to set up my .bash_profile. I need to do the following thins.
1) set up history
2) Set up VI as my editor
3) Display the current directory at the prompt.
I have tried using the set command, the... (1 Reply)
Hi.
I have a directory structure built with links. For example: /home/user1 is a link to /var/123/user1
can i set the home variable in the .profile of the user to use a link? or it has to be a "real" directory?
tks (1 Reply)
I need help in settings to Hp-UX , Solaris , AIX-UX ..
I worked on Linux previously ... now i am working on Hp-UX , Solaris , AIX-UX ..
up/down arrow , to see history of previous command (basically to modify ) and few keyboard keys are different ... so i need to set .profile , .cshrc , ... to... (1 Reply)
Hello everyone,
I want to set my properties of my profile to umask 022 by default. I have an idea that i need to make the change in .profile file. Can you please help me, on how would i be able to set it.
Thanks,
Abhishek S. (4 Replies)
What's the purpose of setting the profile in side the script?
however the user when logins, the profile wil be set.
Then why we need to use that explicitly inside the script?
Thanks (1 Reply)
I have a system with the following settings:
min:0.10
Assigned: 2.0
Max: 6.0
Partition is uncapped weight is 128.
I would like to know if even if this is uncapped, is the max it can use 6?
The actual pool has 16.
I remember reading about this somewhere but I don't remember can anyone... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT HPUX
backup
backup(1M)backup(1M)NAME
backup - backup or archive file system
SYNOPSIS
[-archive]
DESCRIPTION
The command uses find(1) and cpio(1) to save a archive of all files that have been modified since the modification time of on the default
tape drive should be invoked periodically to ensure adequate file backup.
The option suppresses warning messages regarding optional access control list entries. backup(1M) does not backup optional access control
list entries in a file's access control list (see acl(5)). Normally, a warning message is printed for each file having optional access
control list entries.
The option causes backup to save all files, regardless of their modification date, and then update using touch(1).
prompts you to mount a new tape and continue if there is no more room on the current tape. Note that this prompting does not occur if you
are running from cron(1M).
The option causes to start a file system consistency check (without correction) after the backup is complete. For correct results, it is
important that the system be effectively single-user while is running, especially if is allowed to automatically fix whatever inconsisten-
cies it finds. does not ensure that the system is single-user.
You can edit to customize it for your system. Several local values are used that can be customized:
specifies which directories to back up recursively (usually
meaning all directories);
file name where start and finish times, block counts, and error messages
are logged;
file name whose date is the date of the last archive;
file name that is checked by
to remind the next person who logs in to change the backup tape;
file name where start and finish times and
output is logged.
You may want to make other changes, such as whether or not does automatic correction (according to its arguments), where output is
directed, other information logging, etc.
In all cases, the output from is a normal archive file (or volume) which can be read using with the option.
File Recovery
creates archive tapes with all files and directories specified relative to the root directory. When recovering files from an archive tape
created by you should be in the root directory and specify the directory path names for recovered files relative to the root directory When
specifying the directory path name for file recovery by do not precede the leading directory name with a slash. If you prefer, you can
also use with a option to determine how files and directories are named on the archive tape before attempting recovery.
WARNINGS
Refer to in cpio(1).
When runs out of tape, it sends an error to standard error and demands a new special file name from
To continue, rewind the tape, mount the new tape, type the name of the new special file at the system console, and press
If is being run unattended from cron(1M) and the tape runs out, terminates, leaving the process still waiting. Kill this process when you
return.
FILES
parameterized file names
SEE ALSO cpio(1), find(1), touch(1), cron(1M), fbackup(1M), frecover(1M), fsck(1M), acl(5).
backup(1M)