Re: [Duplicity-talk] directory names with spaces (an old chestnut?)

[Adam Gold]

On 17 Jun 2012, at 23:22, Scott Hannahs wrote:

> 
> On Jun 17, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Adam Gold wrote:
> 
>> I know this subject has been discussed before 
>> (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/duplicity-talk/2010-07/msg00017.html) but 
>> I'd like to get the 'up-to-date' answer, as it were, which I haven't been 
>> able to find - sorry if I missed it.  I can't restore directories which have 
>> spaces in the names, whether I use quotes (single or double) or an escape 
>> character.  I get a message which says something along the lines of 
>> "Expected 2 args, got 3".  I'm using duply as a wrapper so an example 
>> command is: duply fileset fetch 'fileset/files/this directory' 
>> '/home/restore' .  I've also tried duplicity 
>> 'file:///archive_location/fileset/files/this directory' '/home/restore'.
>> 
>> Can this actually be done or should I simply eliminate spaces from the names 
>> of directories before I backup?  Obviously I won't be naming any new 
>> directories with spaces in the name.
> 
> Try Single quotes and an escape character.  This generally works for passing 
> paths to a remote process.
> 
> 'File\ Name\ With\ Spaces'
> 
> (I haven't tried this with duplicity, but it works for rsync and ssh)
> 
> -Scott
> 

Thank you, thank you, thank you !