#! /bin/bash

# This script simply prints the abbreviated weekday name, using the C locale
# and without line feed.
#
# Written by Amand Tihon <amand.tihon@alrj.org> for the Brioche backup script.
# This script is Public Domain.
#
# A possible use is to generate daily logfiles names, like with
# ... > /var/log/something.`dow`.log
#
# Note that if you intend to use it like this from your crontab, it should be
# placed in a directory present in the limited PATH set by cron, like /usr/bin.

export LC_ALL=C
echo -n `date "+%a"`