gzip with timestamp

UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
1

Hi all,

I have a file\(Say x\) and need to zip using gzip with the date&Timestamp\(Something like x01012007.......\) . Can you please tell me the command.

Thanks

2 
gzip -c x  > x"$(date +%Y%m%d)".gz;
# optional:
rm x
3

ARCHIVEDIR="archive/"

WEEKDAY=date +"%u"
if [ WEEKDAY -eq 7 ]
then
WEEKDAY=0
fi
DAY=`date +"%a"`
DD=`date +"%d"`
#DAY=`date +"%d"`
MONTH=`date +"%m"`
YEAR=`date +"%Y"`

TOKEN=`date +"%b %d"`
echo $TOKEN

# Get previous date.

DD=`expr $DD - 1`
case $DD in
0)
MONTH=`expr $MONTH - 1`
case $MONTH in
0)
MONTH=12
YEAR=`expr $YEAR - 1`
;;
esac
DD=`cal $MONTH $YEAR | grep . | fmt -1 | tail -1`
esac

MONTH=`cal $MONTH $YEAR | grep . | fmt -1 | head -1 | cut -c 8-10`
TOKEN=$MONTH" "$DD

# Get name of the file to be archived.

echo $TOKEN
echo $DIR
echo $FILE
FNAME=`ls -l $DIR | grep -e $FILE | grep -e $MONTH" "$DD | cut -c 58-`

echo $FNAME

# Remove prev file from archive directory having same date.
CURRDIR=`pwd`
cd $ARCHIVEDIR

rm $ARCHIVEDIR$FILE.???"_"$DD* 2> /dev/null

cd $CURRDIR

# Archive the file

gzip -c $DIR$FNAME > $ARCHIVEDIR$FILE"_"$DD"_"$MONTH".Z"

You can try some thing like the given above !!