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Old 02-06-2013
Help with Backup Shell Script

i need to print the first date of the previous month in 20130101 format.

i use the below script
Code:
month_year=$(date +'%m%Y' | awk '!--$1{$1=12;$2--}')
m=${month_year% *}
y=$month_year##* }
d=$(cal $m $y | paste -s - | awk '{print $NF}')
firstdate=${printf '02d01%s' $y $m)
echo $firstdate

it print as "2013101"

any one can help me on this to print 20130101 as yyyymmdd format

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thanks in advance

---------- Post updated at 09:36 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:57 AM ----------

i m using

Code:
month_year=$(date +'%m%Y' | awk '!--$1{$1=12;$2--}')
m=${month_year% *}
y=$month_year##* }
d=$(cal $m $y | paste -s - | awk '{print $NF}')
firstdate=${printf '%s01%02d' $y $m)
echo $firstdate


the output is as 20130101


i m getting the correct o/p
thanks

Last edited by Franklin52; 02-06-2013 at 10:44 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
 

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amanda-scripts - Configuring and using the Script API DESCRIPTION
The Script API is a flexible system for invoking user-supplied scripts at various points in the execution of Amanda. This manual page describes the operation and configuration of the API. For help writing Script API scripts, see http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Script_API. SCRIPTS
This section lists the scripts included with Amanda, see the individual man page for instructions on using them. For complete How-To information, consult the Amanda wiki at http://wiki.zmanda.com. o amzfs-snapshot(8), - create/destroy zfs snapshot. o script-email(8), - send email. Script properties work just like application properties: they are insensitive to case, and - (dash) and _ (underscore) may be used interchangeably. SCRIPTS OUTPUT PROPERTY
A pre-dle-amcheck, pre-dle-estimate or pre-dle-backup executed on the client can output property on stdout that are sent to the application. If the output line matches "PROPERTY str1 str2", Amanda sets a property called "str1" by the value of "str2", that property is sent to the application. SEE ALSO
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