[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Paul Sture]

In article <kejke9$lu9$3 at dont-email.me>,
 David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:

> Paul Sture wrote:

> > Here's the bash I use to format a daily backup prefix:
> > 
> > # Get date as YYYY.MM-DD-HHMM
> > NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H%M")
> > DUMPID="sture-$NOW"
> > echo $DUMPID
> > 
> > Sample output:
> > 
> > sture-2013-02-02-1507
> > 
> 
> So, which is wrong here, the comment or the result?  (No "." in result 
> after "YYYY")

Mea culpa.  Finger trouble.  It should of course read as

# Get date as YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM

(I just decided to add the comment to my backup script after reading 
this thread, because although it's obvious to me, it's maybe not to 
others.)

-- 
Paul Sture