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

[Paul Sture]

In article <kejun9$g7l$1 at dont-email.me>,
 David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:

> 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 ...
> 
> :-)

How very true!

-- 
Paul Sture