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# 1  
Old 02-14-2008
Append date to a file from CRON
Hi,

I am trying to append date in DAY_Mon_dd_yyyy at the end of a filename from cron.
Cron entry looks as below.
(script to execute) > test_file_`date +"a_%b_%d_%Y"`

File name created after executing the job is test_file_

I am expecting the filename to be something like
test_file_Wed_Feb_13_2008
I tried without double quotes also.

Please help.
# 2  
Old 02-14-2008
Single quote the date format like this:

Code:
(script to execute) > test_file_`date +'a_%b_%d_%Y'`

Regards
# 3  
Old 02-14-2008
I just tried and I am getting the file created as test_file_a_
# 4  
Old 02-14-2008
Sorry, I just copied your sample and forgot the "%" before the "a".
It should be:

Code:
(script to execute) > test_file_`date +'%a_%b_%d_%Y'`

Regards
# 5  
Old 02-14-2008
Hi,

This is my crontab entry:

53 13 * * * /psoft/u02/oracle10g/cds/ATES/backup_ATES.sh > /psoft/u02/oracle10g/cds/ATES/backup_ATES_`date +'%d'` 2>&1


and I get output like this:

-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 2943 Feb 14 13:53 backup_ATES_

$ echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/sh

Thanks.
# 6  
Old 02-14-2008
Change your cron entry to:

53 13 * * * /psoft/u02/oracle10g/cds/ATES/backup_ATES.sh /psoft/u02/oracle10g/cds/ATES/backup_ATES

and your script to:

#!/usr/bin/sh

OUTFILE=$1

{

<your original script>

} > ${OUTFILE}_`date +%d` 2>&1
# 7  
Old 02-14-2008
Thanks. That worked.


Quote:
Originally Posted by sb008
Change your cron entry to:

53 13 * * * /psoft/u02/oracle10g/cds/ATES/backup_ATES.sh /psoft/u02/oracle10g/cds/ATES/backup_ATES

and your script to:

#!/usr/bin/sh

OUTFILE=$1

{

<your original script>

} > ${OUTFILE}_`date +%d` 2>&1
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