bash help please

[SUroot]

Any bash experts? crontab runs backup.sh on schedule only. However, the last command in backup.sh (date >) seems to run every minute. Why? The backup doesn't keep running...


Not that it should matter but:

#!/bin/bash
 
 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin
 export PATH
 
 sudo rsync -rltDvu --modify-window=1 --progress --delete-excluded --exclude-from=/home/dan/bash/exclude.txt / /mnt/NAS/backup/ubuntu
 
 date > /home/dan/bash/backup.log

Really annoying me. Why does the date write to file every minute? I just want it to write at the end of each backup. The rsync works correctly and only runs when scheduled. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[johnlgalt]

Would it help to assign the date and time to a var and then export the variable instead?

 

[SUroot]

Would it help to assign the date and time to a var and then export the variable instead?

Amazing, that's exactly what someone on my Facebook said. Thank you, ill have a go

 

[SUroot]

That actually worked a treat. Thank yon