Re: how to name an archive

[Garance AE Drosehn <gadcode@earthlink.net>]

Note that you do want the backward-quotes for the 'date' part,
but not for the full string.  But it would also be easier to read
if you used the more modern alternative for the backward-quotes.

So try:
   ...  -f "pictures-and-music $(date +%D-%M-%Y_%H-%M)"

Also, my guess is that you don't really want that first two
date-values to be "%D-%M".  That gives you the full date followed
by the minute.  I expect you want "%d-%m', which would give you
day-of-month followed by the month-number.

Personally, I prefer to order time values by "bigness", so I'd
use the order of year, month, day, hour, minute.  To get that,
you'd go with:

   ...  -f "pictures-and-music $(date +%Y-%m%d_%H%M)"

Note that you need the string-delimiters to be double-quotes,
not single-quotes.  If you used single-quotes, then the shell
will not expand the $(date...) part.

I hope this helps.

	-- garance alistair drosehn


> On Wed, 1 Jun 2016 13:44:54 -0700
> Sarah Alawami <marrie12@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Here is the script.
>> 
>> #!/bin/sh
>> 
>> /usr/local/bin/tarsnap -c \
>> -v -f `pictures and music `date +%D-%M-%Y_%H-%M`` \
>> /users/sa/music /users/sa/movies /users/sa/pictures
>> # End of the script...
>> 
>> Do I have the right idea here? It looks like it half way works but it
>> is not naming the archive what I want to name it. Once I get this set
>> up I'll never need to worry again, I hope lol!
>> 
>> Everyone be blessed and have a happy wednesday.