have you tried using tab complete to get the right file name.
On 2015-09-02 15:36, Louis Kowolowski 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 >> <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> 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 >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- > Louis Kowolowski > lou...@cryptomonkeys.org <mailto:lou...@cryptomonkeys.org> > Cryptomonkeys: > http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/ <http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/> > > Making life more interesting for people since 1977 > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug