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 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > --- tani hosokawa river styx internet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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