[Cialug] shell script error

[Jerry Weida]

#!/bin/sh

TODAY=$(date +%Y%m%d)
MYSQLDUMP=/usr/bin/mysqldump
MYSQLUSER=mysqluser
MYSQLPASS=mysqlpass

${MYSQLDUMP} -u ${MYSQLUSER} --password=${MYSQLPASS} database1 >
/home/chris/mysql_data/database1${TODAY}.sql


On 8/26/05, Bryan Baker <ka_klick at mac.com> wrote: 
> 
> Just beat me to the punch :-)
> I had just copied this line out of one of my shell scripts as a sample
> using date:
> 
> CURRENT_DOW=$(date "+%w")
> 
> 
> On Aug 26, 2005, at 2:06 PM, Paul Gray wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 02:03:47PM -0500, Chris Hettinger wrote:
> >> #!/bin/sh
> >>
> >> TODAY=date +%Y%m%d
> >
> > You need back tics or $(shell ) in the above line.
> >
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