Re: Export question - appending date to dmp file

Try exp ... file=expdat.`date +%j`.dmp ... or whatever format is desired. Note that those are NOT quote marks, but grave marks. They mean "the result of whatever command is inside them".

You might want to do something like this in a script: JDATE=`date +%j'
exp ... file=expdat.${JDATE}.dmp ...

Of course, Julian date (%j) is not what you asked for. See: $ man date The possibities are endless.

-Don Granaman
[OraSaurus]

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:01 AM

> RK - The system nicely timestamps the file automatically for you.
Isn't that
> good enough? Another idea - on Unix, tar several files and it will
keep the
> system timestamps on them.
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:21 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I am trying to append date to dmp file while exporting it , no luck
any
> ideas..
>
> exp userid=user/passwd imp file=EXPDATA$DATE.dmp
>
> (I need to have system date and if possible time (TIMESTAMP )
appended to it
> .)
>
> TIA
> Cheers
> RK
>
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