Re: Directory creation with current Date

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Re^2: Directory creation with current Date by renz (Scribe) on Jan 19, 2005 at 15:44 UTC
This also serves as a reply to ninja_byte as well. Your solutions will not work, since you ignored the fact that Sam said he was on Win2k. While Win2k does have a date program, it does not function like the ix date. Example: C:\perl\bwb>mkdir `date "+%d-%B-%Y"` C:\perl\bwb>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 34D5-1CFA Directory of C:\perl\bwb 01/19/2005 09:36a <DIR> . 01/19/2005 09:36a <DIR> .. 01/19/2005 09:36a <DIR> +%d-%B-%Y` ... 01/19/2005 09:36a <DIR> `date [download] Now you have two new directories with stupid names. What was wrong with the strftime() solution that this is preferable? /renz. P.S. - `C:\perl\bwb>awk 'awk' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.` [download] Update: Cleaned up html. Perhaps*: I should rephrase third sentence of first paragraph.. Seems as if I'm blaming the entire thing on `date` when that is not exactly the truth.. # rz/020805	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: Directory creation with current Date
by renz (Scribe) on Jan 19, 2005 at 15:44 UTC

This also serves as a reply to ninja_byte as well. Your solutions will not work, since you ignored the fact that Sam said he was on Win2k. While Win2k does have a date program, it does not function like the *ix date.

Example:

C:\perl\bwb>mkdir `date "+%d-%B-%Y"`

C:\perl\bwb>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 34D5-1CFA

 Directory of C:\perl\bwb

01/19/2005  09:36a      <DIR>          .
01/19/2005  09:36a      <DIR>          ..
01/19/2005  09:36a      <DIR>          +%d-%B-%Y`
...
01/19/2005  09:36a      <DIR>          `date
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Now you have two new directories with stupid names. What was wrong with the strftime() solution that this is preferable?

/renz.

P.S. -

C:\perl\bwb>awk
'awk' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
[download]

Update: Cleaned up html.
Perhaps: I should rephrase third sentence of first paragraph.. Seems as if I'm blaming the entire thing on `date` when that is not exactly the truth..
# rz/020805

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