[Tutor] subprocess.call not formatting date
Bob Williams
linux at barrowhillfarm.org.uk
Tue Jul 8 20:23:14 CEST 2014
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On 08/07/14 18:12, Peter Otten wrote:
> I suggest that you calculate the folder name in Python instead:
>
> # untested name =
> datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%y-%m-%d_%H-%M") destpath =
> os.path.join("/home/bob/A3/docsnaps", name) subprocess.call(
> ["btrfs", "subvolume", "snapshot", "/home/bob/A3/documents",
> destpath])
Thank you. That worked perfectly. Once it's pointed out it is obvious
to use the python solution, but my brain is becoming less agile as I
collect more birthdays!
Bob
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