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Date:      Mon, 2 Aug 1999 12:01:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tani Hosokawa <unknown@riverstyx.net>
To:        Istvan & Agra Baroti <baroti@icmct.uvt.ro>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: need short unix program
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9908021200020.7409-100000@avarice.riverstyx.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990802212343.54065B-100000@icmct.uvt.ro>

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cron job...

*/10 * * * *	cp /usr/myname/webcamera.jpg /usr/myname/mydirectory/`date +%Y-%m-%d`.jpg

anywhere you throw backticks, you'll get the result interpolated into your
command.

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Istvan & Agra Baroti wrote:

> 
> 	help me!
> 
> i want to make a program which allow to copy a file:
> 
> /usr/myname/webcamera.jpg
> 
> to a file:
> 
> /usr/myname/mydirectory/current_date.jpg
> 
> AT EVERY 10 SECONDS.
> 
> The current_date string must include HH/MM/.ss because I want to make an
> archive directory /usr/myname/mydirectory/ with photos taken every 10
> seconds at the 11 August Solar Eclipse with a webcamera on our Unix
> FreeBSD 3.1 server. The webcamera produces a webcamera.jpg file EVERY TIME
> WITH THE SAME NAME: webcamera.jpg AND OVERWRITE IT. I WANT TO SAVE THESE
> pictues/FILES WITH NEW NAME: current_date.jpg but I don't know how to
> extract a strig from the date command.
> 
> please help.
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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river styx internet




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