[Cialug] shell script error

[Chris Hettinger]

Thanks all, makes sense now that I see it.
-ch

Jerry Weida wrote:

> #!/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${TODAY}.sql
> 
> 
> On 8/26/05, *Bryan Baker* <ka_klick at mac.com <mailto:ka_klick at mac.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Just beat me to the punch :-)
>     I had just copied this line out of one of my shell scripts as a sample
>     using date:
> 
>     CURRENT_DOW=$(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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