Am 13. Apr, 2002 schwätzte Matt Alexander so: > Oops. Since you're doing an hourly backup, you'll obviously want a more > accurate timestamp than what I provided in my script. The man page for > the date command will give you all the available options. For the hours, > minutes, and seconds, you'll use %H, %M, and %S, respectively. I made the same mistake in my example. Hour and minute would be good to add. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ # HERE LIES LESTER MOORE # SHOT 4 TIMES WITH A .44 # NO LES # NO MOORE # -- tombstone, in Tombstone, AZ