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.