[nycbug-talk] Scripting(Date&Time) Question

[michael]

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:32:56 -0500
Kevin Reiter <tux at penguinnetwerx.net> wrote:

> All,
> 
> Fairly simple (I think) question here:
> 
> When echoing the date into a logfile from a script, I'm noticing the
> time never changes.
> 
> Here's an example of the resulting log entries:
> 
> 12/29/2006 13:15:47: www_data compressed.
> 12/29/2006 13:15:47: Database dump done.
> 12/29/2006 13:15:47: Checksums created.
> 12/29/2006 13:15:47: Other stuff done.
> 12/29/2006 13:15:47: Sending files to remote server...
> 12/29/2006 13:15:47: Files sent.
> 
> Here's the code snippet that defines the date format:
> 
> DATE=`date +'%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S'`
> 
> Here's the actual code snippets in the script that echo the $DATE
> into the log:
> 
> echo "$DATE: www_data compressed." >> www_backup.log
> echo "$DATE: Database dump done." >> www_backup.log
> echo "$DATE: Checksums created." >> www_backup.log
> ...etc...
> 
> Is there a reason the time isn't updated when the script runs?  I'm
> guessing here that the $DATE variable grabs the current time when the
> script kicks off and doesn't update it in real-time as the script
> proceeds - would that be a close guess?
> 
> What would need to be changed in order for the current time to be
> entered into the logfile? Any assistance would be most appreciated.
> 
> Kev

At first blush, it looks like you only initialize $DATE once at the
start.  So.. your assumption looks right from here.

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michael


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