file path: use today's date?

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olivierth: Member; 1004 posts; Joined: April 2017; Offline

Sept. 21, 2020 9:34 a.m.

Hi!

I'm saving a .ass (arnold) regularly but I need to make sure I don't overwrite in case I need to go back to a previous version later. Is there a way to include the date (the same way I can use $F for frame number) ?

-Olivier


mrCatfish: Member; 731 posts; Joined: Dec. 2006; Offline

Sept. 21, 2020 9:53 a.m.

Use this:

`system(“date +\”%m-%d-%y\“”)`

Sean Lewkiw
CG Supervisor
Machine FX - Cinesite MTL


olivierth: Member; 1004 posts; Joined: April 2017; Offline

Sept. 22, 2020 12:41 p.m.

Thanks! I'll check that out.

-Olivier

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