RCS and SCCS

[Richard A. O'Keefe]

In article <1207 at dragon.UUCP> charles at dragon.UUCP (Charles Wolff, 602 438-3432) writes:
>In article <3494 at rpp386.UUCP> jfh at rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) wrote:
[They have a problem with SCCS, a file containing]
>	DATE_TOUCH=`date +%m%d%H%M%y`
[has the %H% recognised as an SCCS keyword.  He asked for suggestions.]

Try putting backslashes in front of the percents, thus:
	DATE_TOUCH=`date +\%m\%d\%H\%M\%y`
The shell will be happy with them, and SCCS will be put off the scent.