On 16/04/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 16.04.2008, 15:06 +0100 schrieb ext Mick: > > > > I was trying to scp a file which had spaces in its name; e.g. > > > > This\ is\ the\ name\ of\ it.txt
> I tried it in my zsh, with TAB-completion (means: I typed "scp > remote_host:~/Fil<tab>"), and it gives this: > > scp remote_host:~/File\\\ with\\\ blanks > > And, of course, it copies the file just fine :-) Thanks guys, I'll try it next time. Just one thing: if the spaces need to be escaped at both ends, shouldn't it have just 2 \\, why are you showing it with 3 \\\ ? -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
