Hi Combine "char grouping" with backslash, like this (tried, worked): ## tree: "/tmp/spacy\ dir" ##
** ACTION: rsync -vrltH --delete -pgo --stats -D --numeric-ids -x --exclude-from=/mnt/rendezni/backup/test/2015-09-07_18.06/exclude localhost:"/tmp/spacy dir"/ /mnt/rendezni/backup/test/2015-09-07_18.06/tree ** 2015-09-07 18:34 GMT+02:00 Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com>: > Just tried double quotes: tree: /home/household/"VirtualBox VMs"/ Same > error as with no backslashes. > > -Denis > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Paul Slootman <p...@debian.org> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun 06 Sep 2015, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >>> > >>> > rsync: change_dir "/home/household/VirtualBox\ VMs" failed: No such >>> > file or >>> > directory (2) >>> >>> The error message explicitly shows a backslash in the name, so the >>> problem is there. >>> >>> > When implementing this vault I found that I needed to double escape the >>> > space in the folder name in the .conf: >>> >>> > tree: /home/household/VirtualBox\\ VMs/ >>> >>> Have you tried it without *any* backslashes? >> >> >> I thought that was the first thing I tried, but I made so many stupid typo >> errors getting to this point that I am unsure. So I tried >> /home/household/VirtualBox VMs/ This is the result: >> *** Execution cycle 0 *** >> >> rsync: change_dir "/home/household/VirtualBo" failed: No such file or >> directory (2) >> rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) >> (code 23) at main.c(1183) [sender=3.1.0] >> >> So what to try next? >>> >>> >>> > I have tried leaving off the final backslash to no effect. >>> >>> The final slash is *not* a backslash :-P >> >> >> So true. >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul >> >> >> Thanks for your help. You have reinforced my suspicion that dealing with >> the space in the folder name is the issue. >> >> -Denis >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Dirvish mailing list > Dirvish@dirvish.org > http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish > _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list Dirvish@dirvish.org http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
