Thanks. No escape characters in file names.
Are there instances where adding the backslash to escape a space gets interpreted as part of the name rather than processed as an escape? -Denis -Denis On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Louis Kowolowski <[email protected]> wrote: > You should be able to use either one, but quoting may be easier, or get > you going faster. > Something like: > rsync -aPS foo user@host:”/path/to/dir with spaces/“ > should work. Likewise, > rsync -aPS foo user@host:/path/to/dir\ with\ spaces/ > should also work > > It gets more complicated if there are escape characters in the directory > or file name. Hopefully that isn’t happening. > > > > On Sep 2, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I am trying to set up dirvish for local backup. One file, VirtualBox > VMs, > > presents the subject question. In dirvish, the name will appear in two > > places: The exclude: entry in the default.conf file for the backup of > all > > of home, and in the tree: entry in the default.conf file for the backup > > of VirtualBox VMs > > > > I can run a bunch of tests, but I would like some understanding when > > escaping the space is needed. Should I be using the backslash or double > > quotes? > > > > I have looked at the documents for rsync, which dirvish uses, but it is > too > > dense for my soft head. > > > > Thanks, > > -Denis > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- > Louis Kowolowski [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Cryptomonkeys: > http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/ <http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/> > > Making life more interesting for people since 1977 > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
