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#1 2008-01-31 19:30:49
- Mr Green
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bash spaces?
Hi,
I have got a backup script I am working on
The directory path is /media/Backup Drive now rsync does not like the space in directory name
Added ' to it
/media/'Backup Drive'/seems to work but wanted to know if its the best way to do it?
MrG
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#2 2008-01-31 19:33:38
- phrakture
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Re: bash spaces?
You can also escape the space like so:
/media/Backup\ Drive/The backslash-space is important
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#3 2008-01-31 19:36:59
- Cerebral
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Re: bash spaces?
You could probably also just quote the whole thing:
'/media/Backup Drive/'
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#4 2008-01-31 20:20:17
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Re: bash spaces?
emm tried backslash but rsync did not like it... will try again :-)
quote whole ... emm looks cleaner thanks
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#5 2008-01-31 22:27:10
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Re: bash spaces?
or ?, or * (/med*/Bac*/)
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#6 2008-02-01 05:50:49
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Re: bash spaces?
media is not the problem its the Backup Drive the space will try '*' and look up ? :-)
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