Solve : bash custom variable?

1.	Solve : bash custom variable?
Answer» I have a bash script that backups database. What I WANT to do is save the FILE with its name and the current date. Here is my script. #!bash/sh # MYDATETIME=;date +%Y-%m-%d mysqldump -uroot -pdthscyth jobs &GT; jobs_$MYDATETIME.sql The PROBLEM is when saving the file the value of the variable is not saved. Instead of jobs_2010-12-29.sql the filename is jobs_.sql. Please help. Thanks and Happy New Year!. I figure it out. Commands LIKE date should be inside a back quote (`) so instead of mysqldump jobs > jobs_$MYDATETIME.sql it should be... mysqldump jobs > jobs_`date +%Y-%m-%d.sql`

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