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+#! /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"`