Re: [tlug] Remote Backups and Command Line Stuff

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Godwin" == Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com> writes:

    Godwin> tar -cvz back_this_up | ssh user@example.com \
    Godwin> "cd backupdir; cat > backup.`date +%Y%m%d`.tar.bz2"

    Godwin> Does `date......` get evaluated on the local machine

Yes.  Command substitution occurs inside of double quotes.  Here's a
curious thing:

$ echo "'`date`'"
'Sat Jul  8 03:04:50 JST 2006'

(Only the outermost quotes count.)

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