On 2014-05-28 15:40, Robert Nichols wrote: > On 05/28/2014 07:10 AM, Elias Persson wrote: >> On 2014-05-25 12:08, Paolo De Michele wrote:> !/bin/bash >> > tar cfz `date +%F`_$NAME.tar.gz web$NR/ >> >> 3. Your `tar` stanza is wrong (if it's not obvious to you why that is, >> now is a good time to make a habit of using long options >> (e.g. `--gzip`) whenever possible). > > Actually it is correct, aside from possible whitespace issues with $NAME. > It is using an outdated syntax (short options all in a group _without_ a > leading "-"), but doing it correctly with the needed option argument > following the set of option letters. > I stand corrected. Apparently having the "f" in the middle is not a problem with the old syntax.