hi all, This is regarding ksh script. I have a ftp script which does fine job in copying files to remote server. But i still have a small problem to solve. Directories are been created in the server on basis of present day/month/year formats /home/user1/(230703) (ddmmyy) format.And i need to daily copy file automatically to that particular directory through ftp script. I seen that, dir='date +'%d0703'';$dir 220703 will give the exact day and format i require but...if I add $dir in ftp script it won't do any good (e.g., cd /$HOME/user1/$dir $dir will yield - date +'%d0703 and not 220703 . Can anyone advise me what to do?

too many ', not enough ` if you are using ksh, better alternative is: date=$(date +'%d0703')

Thank you Arnold. :-) Your suggession really helped me.