[TriLUG] dayname in cron ?

[jason at monsterjam.org]

always always use the full path 
i.e. /usr/bin/date

and can you quantify "doesnt work"?

Jason


On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 09:05:14PM -0500, S B wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> I'm trying to redirect the output of a cron job to a file with the current day in the filename. The following demo works but includes the full date:
> 
> 
>   */1  *   *   *   *   echo hello >/var/test-$(date).txt
> 
> 
> so I'm trying to pass the %a fomat string to 'date':
> 
> 
>   */1  *   *   *   *     echo hello >/var/test-$(date +"%a").txt  
> 
> 
> however this (and numerous other variations) don't work - any suggestions?
> 
> Simon...
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