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On 13 Mar 2002, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com> writes:
> > the problem is that the next time it does it, it overrides the 1st
> > backup, so how can i get it name them backup1.tar or name them after
> > the date like 1102.tar for january 1st 2002?
> 
> 'perldoc POSIX', 'man strftime', and ask questions like this on
> questions@ please :)

We need to maintain our N/S ratio! :)

Jason


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