Re: [gentoo-user] Using date/time variables in cronjobs?

[Mick]

On Sunday 05 May 2013 17:56:33 Tanstaafl wrote:
> Ok, another little thing...
>
> Is there a simple way to use date/time variables in cronjobs? Or do I
> need to use a bash script for this? I prefer simple, and just using the
> variables directly in the cron command would be easier if it works, so
> figured I'd ask first...
>
> I'm trying to schedule a dump of my databases like so:
>
> pg_dumpall --username=username -o -f
> /home/user/mypg_backups/hourly/\%y/\%m/\%d/\%t.sql.gz
>
> But trying to run this command fails with:
>
> pg_dumpall: could not open the output file
> "/home/user/mypg_backups/hourly/%y/%m/%d/%t.sql.gz": No such file or
> directory
>
> Tried escaping the variables and not, same error...

Is it perhaps a matter of the process having write access?

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Regards,
Mick