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Old 05-08-2008
variables on solaris?
Im a newb with solaris... I cant get this simple variable to work under almost any shell? Im a linux guy and this type of variable works fine under linux, so I dont understand why its not working under solaris...

export YSD="date -d '-1 day' '+%m-%d-%y'"
$YSD
date: extra operand `\'+%m-%d-%y\''

Why is it adding in the backslashes? Smilie
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Old 05-08-2008
ohh, under linux I would use the following for the variable with bash if it makes any difference..

YSD=$(date -d '-1 day' '+%m-%d-%y')

and all works well...
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Old 05-09-2008
The -d option is unique to the GNU version of the date command, which you do not normally find on Solaris.
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Old 05-09-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Annihilannic
The -d option is unique to the GNU version of the date command, which you do not normally find on Solaris.
im using gnu date, still even with the -d option removed, I still get those \ added in when calling the variable.
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Old 05-09-2008
Where are the backquotes in your code, it's not clear from your previous post. Maybe try posting between code tags?

Code:
export YSD=`date -d '-1 day' '+%m-%d-%y'`

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Old 05-09-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Annihilannic
Where are the backquotes in your code, it's not clear from your previous post. Maybe try posting between code tags?

Code:
export YSD=`date -d '-1 day' '+%m-%d-%y'`


uh ohh.. I wasnt using back quotes. I guess that is the problem. I was just using double quotes around the command. I should be using backquotes around the command then? i.e. like you just posted?
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Old 05-09-2008
Aweomse! Annihilannic thank you very much, my script is working now. I had the syntax wrong and you pointed out the backquotes to me. I can't believe it took me 10 minutes to write it under linux, but it took 2 days to get it moved over to solaris Smilie

Thanks for the help.
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