Container date won't update in entrypoint script-CodePudding

I built a container using the docker-compose script below:

services:
  client:
    image: alpine
    environment:
      - BACKUP_ENABLED=1
      - BACKUP_INTERVAL=60
      - BACKUP_PATH=/data
      - BACKUP_FILENAME=db_backup
    networks:
      - dbnet
    entrypoint: |
      sh -c 'sh -s << EOF
      apk add --no-cache mysql-client
      while true
        do
          then
            sleep $$BACKUP_INTERVAL
            echo "$$(date  %FT%H.%M) - Making Backup to : $$BACKUP_PATH/$$(date  %F)/$$BACKUP_FILENAME-$$(date  %FT%H.%M).sql.gz"
            mysqldump -u root -ppassword -h dblb --all-databases | gzip > $$BACKUP_PATH/$$(date  %F)/$$BACKUP_FILENAME-$$(date  %FT%H.%M).sql.gz
        done
      EOF'

But I encounter an issue which the date won't updated and cause the loop keep backup to the same created file.

Every 60s the log will some the same date value. Here the container's log:

Same thing happen when I tried to manually write the script inside the container:

The timestamp always display correctly when I only type date inside the container console.

Anyone know why the date won't update? What did I missed in the script?

Thanks in advanced.

CodePudding user response：

why the date won't update?

Because it is expanded by outer shell. Compare a shell script:

#!/bin/sh
# in a script
# this is running inside a shell
cat <<EOF   # cat just prints data
$(date)     # not cat, **but the shell**, expands $(date)
EOF

vs:

sh -c '
# this is running inside a shell
sh -s <<EOF     # sh -s executes input data
echo $(date)    # not sh -s, but **the outer shell**, expands $(date). ONCE
EOF
'

That sh -c sh -s and entrypoint is all unorthodox, just run the command that you want to run.

command:
   - sh
   - -c
   - |
     apk add --no-cache mysql-client
     while sleep $$BACKUP_INTERVAL; do            
        echo "$$(date  %FT%H.%M) - Making Backup to : $$BACKUP_PATH/$$(date  %F)/$$BACKUP_FILENAME-$$(date  %FT%H.%M).sql.gz"
     done