On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 11:07 AM, m m <llliiilll at hotmail.com> wrote: > > for some reason, it just don't work t me: > > see what I have tried: > > [root at P ~]# tar -cf zz+`date_%y%m%d`.tar install.log.syslog > bash: date_%y%m%d: command not found > You left out the space after the word "date." /* Brian Rogers, professional geek, coffee achiever */