this should be simple?

[cleansedbb]

I want to make a script that will be called by cron that will rotate a log file daily. this isnt a normal log file it's a html file so I want to archive it by date.
log.html should become ddmmyyyy.log

i've tried to define the format with printf but no luck.

command substitution: line1: syntax error near unexpected token 'printf('%02d%02d%04d',('
command substitution: line1: 'printf('%02d%02d%04d',('$Month$Day$Year))'

this is what I have

logfile=$(printf('%02d%02d%04d',($Month $Day $Year)))

 

[KarveR]

Try :
#!/bin/sh
DATE=`date +%d/%m/%Y`
HTMLFILE=log.html
LOGFILE=$DATE.log
cp $HTMLFILE $LOGFILE ***************************************
Party on, dudes!

 

[cleansedbb]

ok I couldnt get DATE='date+%d/%m/%Y'
to go. I changed it to DATE='date+%d%m%Y'

now for some reason instead of changing the name to the date I get

date+%m%d%Y.log

all I have in the code is this:

#!/bin/sh
echo "starting log rotation..."
Date='date+%m%d%Y'
HTMLFILE=test.html
LOGFILE=$DATE.log
cp $HTMLFILE $LOGFILE

echo "done"

exit 0

 

[cleansedbb]

I just changed it and put a space between date +%d
and now I'm getting
cp copying multiple files but last argument "+%m%d%Y.log' is not a directory???

 

[MikeLacey]

ok -- the ticks around the date command aren't standard quotes - this ' is a standard quote

use the backtick instead - this ` is a backtick

copy and paste the example Karver gave you and you'll see the difference Mike
"Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald."

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.

 

[cleansedbb]

thank you, never even noticed that. works now

 

[MikeLacey]

really common problem here, difficult to spot the difference between 'em.. Mike
"Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald."

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.

 

[KarveR]

<-- Guess I shoulda pointed that out when I posted but beer and common sense don't go hand in hand ***************************************
Party on, dudes!

 

[MikeLacey]

Well, *I* never drink and post at the same time....

WARNING - the above statement is a lie....

Mike
&quot;Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald.&quot;

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.

 

[KarveR]

Personally I'm amazed my post still makes sense .....(not that I had *that* much you understand)

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Party on, dudes!