[Chester LUG] Help with a bash script

Michael Crilly e-mail at mcrilly.co.uk
Fri May 16 10:08:45 UTC 2008


Does it have to be a cash script? Can it be a c or java app?

On 5/16/08, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Michael
>
> That is a good idea. However it needs to be chronologically ordered as the
> file numbers are sequential and need to dealt with by the other program in
> order. Really good idea though.
>
> Stu
>
> 2008/5/16 Michael Crilly <e-mail at mcrilly.co.uk>:
>
>> Have you tried something like `time` to obtain a unique unix time
>> stamp? Perhaps: mv file `date +%m%u && time`.001
>>
>> On 5/15/08, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Everyone.
>> >
>> > I need a little help with a batch file. I have managed a bit of it, but
>> i'm
>> > a bit lost now.
>> >
>> > What I need to do is
>> >
>> >
>> >    1. Looks for file RS000001.001 in folder
>> >    2. Rename it RSmmdnnn.001 (mm=month, d= day number {Monday=1},
>> >    nnnn=unique count for the day)
>> >
>> > Now this file can appear up to several times a day (ie its going to run
>> as a
>> > cron job every half hour to pick up the files as they are dumped by ftp)
>> I
>> > can do the basic stuff with the date ie DATE = `date +%m%u` but setting
>> up
>> > the nnnn bit is where  I am getting lost.
>> >
>> > Any help appreciated.
>> >
>> > Stu
>> >
>>
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