Re: SCCS Question

You could try using this approach: PRC=% fmtdate=$(date "+${PRC}Y${PRC}m${PRC}d") Check out the usage of double quotes. It should work. Best Regards, Octav On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 10:35:35AM -0500, Steve Romankiw wrote: > I have a script that it conflicting with SCCS. In the example below, > the %Y% in the date clause is getting interpretted by SCCS. > > Is there a way to make SCCS ignore this clause? > > TIA > > Steve Romankiw > > Example: > ============== > #!/bin/ksh > #----- > # SccsId %W% > #----- > fmtdate=$(date '+%Y%m%d') # %Y% conflicts with SCCS > # > echo Formated Date: ${fmtdate} > -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 22 84 88 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com