[Linux-disciples] Rsync Question

[Jamie Forrest]

Try putting quotes around the path, as in:

rsync -vrP smith at domain.net:"/directory1/Multiple Word Directory" ~/

Jamie

On Nov 21, 2004, at 6:00 PM, Jason Smith wrote:

> I have been using rsync to copy directories to and from a remote 
> server. Am having one problem and perhaps I am not seeing the answer 
> that should be right in front of me. If the directory at the source 
> has a space in the name, rysnc is returning an error. For example,
>
> rsync -vrP smith at domain.net:/directory1/Multiple\ Word\ Directory ~/
>
> fails as it looks for a directory named "multiple" one named "word" 
> and one named "directory"...
>
> Am i just gunking up the syntax?
>
> Thanks.
>
> J.
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