On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Greg Murphy wrote: > Greetings, > > The following should work: > > #!/bin/sh > sourcedir="/mount/windows/spaced name" > cp "$sourcedir"/* $target
i say that the above will barf on windows filenames like "tom's proposal.doc" and "2002 Budget: 1st quarter" few other whacky names ( wierd characters ) are allowed too... remember...they can create file and directory names that is NOT allowed on *nix and depending in which combo and version of apps... you will get varying degree of success or failures simple case: find /mnt/windows -mtime -7 -print | tar cvf /mnt/backups.tgz -T - -- vs -- tar cvf /mnt/backups.tgz ` find /mnt/windows -mtime -7 -print` just my prior heaadaches when dealing with backing up windoze boxes c ya alvin
