OK, a script like this is run under sh, for which the correct syntax seems
to be
setvar logdate `date "+%Y%m%d"`
(from me reading the man page for sh just now).

Or you could put
#!/bin/csh
at the top of your file which tells your computer to run it using
csh.

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Try this in your script:

#! /bin/csh

set logdate = (`date +%Y%m%d`)
echo $logdate | tee test.dat

Refer to the manpage for csh, esp. the section "Expressions"
for a discussion on precedence of + % ` and ( as well as the
"Lexical structure", "Command substitution" and
"Quotations ..." sections.

Your own $HOME/.cshrc and $HOME/.login might afford some
helpful examples/hints.

You might also like to lurk in comp.unix.shell for some
very interesting and enlightening discussions on scripting.
If you post your question there, certain pedants would
recommend against naming your script "test" (there's already
a /bin/test) and/or for using csh for scripting at all (some
folks read a certain article in O'Reilly's "Unix Power
Tools" and take it as Gospel)

I won't bug ya, though  :)

If you're /really/ interested in scripting, i recommend getting
a copy of "UNIX Shell Programming" by Stephen G. Kochan and
Patrick H. Wood.  My copy is so old i don't know if its publisher
(Hayden Books) or ISBN are still valid.

HTH

cheers,
        tom

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try

logdate=`date "+%Y%m%d"`
^      ^
no     no
set    spaces!

m.

This is what my "sh" manual page says:
--------------------------------------

     setvar variable value
             Assigns value to variable. (In general it is better to write
             variable=value rather than using setvar.  Setvar is intended to
             be used in functions that assign values to variables whose names
             are passed as parameters.)

So, yes you can use setvar but it is better not to.

csh is "evil" IMHO.  Write shell scripts in ksh/sh/bash.  
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Everytime i see it, it tickles my funnybone.  Sometimes i consider
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P.S.
I wonder if there's any free csh tutorials on the Web ... i haven't
tried looking, but something might turn up.

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