creating a directory with a date in the field.

[JamesNicholls]

Quick question - I'm writing a script to create a directory structure for deployment in builds. The script starts by copying the existing structure. I want to date/time stamp the directory name so that a history is kept.

So I'm doing something like:

oldbuild=old_build_'date '+%d%m%y%H%M''
cp -r directories archive/$oldbuild

I can't get the data to appear in %oldbuild. Can ayone point out what I'm doing wrong?

 

[vgersh99]

the 'outter' quotes should be BACKquotes.

oldbuild=old_build_`date '+%d%m%y%H%M'` vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+