From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 17:47:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 958B216A417 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:47:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from office@ourweb.net) Received: from ourweb.net (joey.ourweb.net [216.236.255.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2431C13C4BB for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:47:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from office@ourweb.net) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unverified [216.236.255.29]) by ourweb.net (SurgeMail 3.8f2) with ESMTP id 551406-1760316 for ; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:36:40 -0500 Message-ID: <47349D10.20709@ourweb.net> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:46:56 -0500 From: Bill Banks User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-User: wpa@ourweb.net Subject: shell programming X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:47:08 -0000 I'm writing a backup script. I need to get the day of the week into a variable. How can I do it? -- ----------------------------------------------- Bill Banks 508-829-2005 Wachusett Programming Ourweb http://www.ourweb.net http://www.ourwebtemplates.com