Quite a while ago I asked for suggestions on how to create a log file with
yesterdays date as part of the name. In this particular case we collect
performance data all day and generate a summary shortly after midnight. We
wanted the filename to reflect the day that the data was collected.
Several people responded with many excellent suggestions. Unfortunately, I
didn't keep track of the contributors. A very special Thank You is due for
all those that responded!!
This is how the solution finally ended up looking:
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#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use POSIX;
$date = strftime"%e%b%Y",localtime(time-86400);
$date =~ s/\s+//;
open OUT,">>/var/opt/pm/data1/$date";
close OUT;
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James Kurtenbach
Clinical Reference Laboratory
8433 Quivira
Lenexa, KS 66215
(913) 693 2508 (direct)
(913) 492 3652 (operator assisted)
kurtenbachj_at_crlcorp.com
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Received on Tue Nov 26 2002 - 17:38:54 NZDT