# a handy little method that can be used for date strings. it was getting
# really tiresome how many different ways the script did the date formatting.
function date_stringer() {
- date +"%Y_%m_%d_%H%M_%S" | tr -d '/\n/'
+ local sep="$1"; shift
+ if [ -z "$sep" ]; then sep='_'; fi
+ date +"%Y$sep%m$sep%d$sep%H%M$sep%S" | tr -d '/\n/'
}
# makes a directory of the name specified and then tries to change the