Naming VM folder with date

[Dominique C.F.]

Hi again.

I'm using the script with the parameters "-s hot -f copy"
It's working all right, but i need put the date at the folder name of
the VM that is being backed up.

I tried to put the following:

BACKPATH='/backup/$DATE'

where $DATE is a variable (DATE=`date +%d-%m-%Y-%H.%M`)

I made a script that get's the date and creates the directory with
that name, then i call the vmsbackup like decribed.

when I run the script, all goes rigth except for the fact that the
$BACKPATH returns only the '/backup'

How can I solve that? Is there another way to do it?

[10nico]

Hello Dominique.

Could it be that you have defined the $DATE variable *after* the
BACKPATH='/backup/$DATE' declaration?
This way the $DATE variable would still have no value and the
$BACKPATH would obviously contain only the /backup value

Regards,

Michele

On 11 Set, 21:57, "Dominique C.F." <dominiquecarva...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Dominique C.F.]

Hi Michele,

Tryed to put the variable in the midle of the path and i get an error
saying tha the BACKPATH doesn't exists.

Tryed things like (obviously i set the script for creating this
directories):
BACKPATH='/backup/bkp-"$DATE"'
BACKPATH='/backup/$DATE/vm'

Any oh them worked.

Have anyone tried any thing like this?

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[Pär Tojkander]

Try using ${DATE}.

/ Pär

[Dominique C.F.]

Yet the same problem.

Have anyone tryed something like this?

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[Dominique C.F.]

Yet the same problem
Have anyone tryed so,ething like this?

On 19 set, 12:58, Pär Tojkander <par.tojkan...@gmail.com> wrote:

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