Scheduled Task Help

[TheSupportForum]

Hi i need support with this scheduled task

rename("$logfile/$logname", "$logfile/backup/$logname" . date("d-M-Y", time()) . ".txt");;

the issue is as follows

1) original filename from $logname is log.txt
2) after rename it become tenhbyuu.txt04-Nov-2012.txt

so what im looking for is a solutions to do

2) renamed to tenhbyuu-04-Nov-2012.txt

the reason i am using a $logname is to allow users to choose log name, i am am still looking to keep

rename("$logfile/$logname", "$logfile/backup/$logname"

in place

[kh99]

I'm not sure I follow completely - you want to remove the ".txt" from the middle of the name? Maybe something like:

rename("$logfile/$logname", "$logfile/backup/" . substr($logname, 0, -4) . '-' . date("d-M-Y", time()) . ".txt");

[TheSupportForum]

Originally Posted by kh99

I'm not sure I follow completely - you want to remove the ".txt" from the middle of the name? Maybe something like:

rename("$logfile/$logname", "$logfile/backup/" . substr($logname, -4) . '-' . date("d-M-Y", time()) . ".txt");

tried it, but nothing happened, it did not create any backup file

[kh99]

OK, sorry, there was a mistake in the code which I've fixed above. I think it would have created a file in the backup directory with a name starting with ".txt", which would be hidden on a linux system, so if you need that file it might still be there.

[TheSupportForum]

Originally Posted by kh99

OK, sorry, there was a mistake in the code which I've fixed above. I think it would have created a file in the backup directory with a name starting with ".txt", which would be hidden on a linux system, so if you need that file it might still be there.

the scheduled task is designed to remove the original, which is why i noticed before it did not work, i will try the code again now and see how it goes

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thank you once again kh99
it works now how i want it too