[Cialug] shell script error

[Dave Weis]

Small edit below

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Chris Hettinger wrote:

> #!/bin/sh
>
> TODAY=`date +%Y%m%d`
         ^            ^

You need backquotes to insert the output of the date command into a 
variable.

> MYSQLDUMP=/usr/bin/mysqldump
> MYSQLUSER=mysqluser
> MYSQLPASS=mysqlpass
>
> ${MYSQLDUMP} -u ${MYSQLUSER} --password=${MYSQLPASS} database1 > 
> /home/chris/mysql_data/database1${TODAY}.sql
>
> ---------Where I run the above script it prompts:
>
> [u at h chris]# sh mysql_data_backup.sh
> mysql_data_backup.sh: line 5: +%Y%m%d: command not found
>
> ---------Help.
>
> -ch
>
>
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