On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 02:35:33AM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: backuppc
> Version: 2.1.2-4
> Followup-For: Bug #371073
>
> Hello Klaus,
>
> I think, you need to change your settings to
>
> $Conf{TarFullArgs} = '$fileList+';
> $Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate+ $fileList+';
>
> The additional '+' will add another level of shell escapes to the
> arguments to protect whitespace etc. when passing the tar command as
> argument to another command like sudo or ssh.
> I learned this while investigating bug #369465 where a superfluous level
> of escaping made tar not understand a timestamp with a backslash in the
> middle (escaping the space once too much).
>
>
> Andreas
>
Thanks for your explanation Andreas !
Klaus, I have to close the bug, since it occurs with a configuration
file not in the Debian package.
Cheers,
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