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

[David Froble]

Paul Sture wrote:
> 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.)
> 

A comment that is wrong can be worse than no comment at all ...

:-)