Bash question

[jenea]

This is my script:
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#!/bin/bash

today_day=$(echo `date +"%e %b %Y"`)

echo $today_day

tar -cvz --newer $today_day -f /mnt/usb_backup/backup/diff/backupFull_`date +%Y%m%d`.tgz /mnt/mirror80gb/




This is the debug:
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filer:/mnt/usb_backup/backup/test# bash -x jenea
+++ date '+%e %b %Y'
++ echo 8 Mar 2009
+ today_day='8 Mar 2009'
+ echo 8 Mar 2009
8 Mar 2009
++ date +%Y%m%d
+ tar -cvz --newer 8 Mar 2009 -f /mnt/usb_backup/backup/diff/backupFull_20090308.tgz /mnt/mirror80gb/
tar: Failed to open '/dev/sa0': Operation not supported
filer:/mnt/usb_backup/backup/test#


The problem is that the tar command would run only in the following syntax (see date part):
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tar -cvz --newer '22 Mar 2009' -f /mnt/usb_backup/backup/diff/backupFull_`date +%Y%m%d`.tgz /mnt/mirror80gb/


My question is: How can i pass the variable's content into the tar line so in the end it looks like this --- > '22 Mar 2009'


Thank you.

[WuNMOjTIQanXWBcH]

This is my script:

#!/bin/bash
today_day=$(echo `date +"%e %b %Y"`)
echo $today_day
tar -cvz --newer $today_day -f /mnt/usb_backup/backup/diff/backupFull_`date +%Y%m%d`.tgz /mnt/mirror80gb/

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The problem is that the tar command would run only in the following syntax (see date part):

tar -cvz --newer '22 Mar 2009' -f /mnt/usb_backup/backup/diff/backupFull_`date +%Y%m%d`.tgz /mnt/mirror80gb/

My question is: How can i pass the variable's content into the tar line so in the end it looks like this --- > '22 Mar 2009'

You quote the variable. It is done thusly:

tar -cvz --newer "$today_day" -f /mnt/usb_backup/backup/diff/backupFull_`date +%Y%m%d`.tgz /mnt/mirror80gb/

[jenea]

oh, wow..... i cannot believe i didn't try that....

Thank you.......it works......