EXDATE=`date +%F`
PRIDATE=`date +"%F" --date=yesterday`
SOURCE=/home #Source Directory variable
COMPARE=/home/testcopies/$PRIDATE #Directory from prior copy
DESTINATION=/home/testcopies/$EXDATE #Destination Directory variable
DIFFLOG=$DESTINATION/$EXDATE



# first thing we need to do is to create a Directory that will be the
destination of our incremental copies
#mkdir `date +%F`

/bin/pwd
mkdir -p $DESTINATION

# we then need a log that will store the differences between our normal
working directories and what we incrementally
#backed up yesterday. We then diff info to that log.

touch $DIFFLOG
diff -q --recursive -c --exclude=testcopies $SOURCE $COMPARE >
$DESTINATION/$EXDATE

echo $DIFFLOG

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:11:35 -0800, dgg wrote:

> I don't know what the heck happened here. I have re-posted my question.
> Sorry.

What happened here is that you're posting from Google Groups, using
Windoze. What did you expect to happen? Sorry, indeed.

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