Store cron log in timedate file

Question

I have this code currently:

echo "20 0 * * * cd /var/www/test/ && ./prog >> /var/log/program.log" >> mycron

This works great, but now I want to store it in a file at time intervals each time in a format like this:

program_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log

Can anyone tell me how I can do this? I think I need to use a date variable, but I'm not sure how to implement it.

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Jimmy May 15 '15 at 21:47

1 answer

rahul · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-15T22:15:12+0000

Yes you are right. You can use a date variable.

echo "20 0 * * * cd /var/www/test/ && ./prog >> /var/log/program_$(date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S").log" >> mycron