[TriLUG] Backup script... Spaces in path

[Tanner Lovelace]

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Tom Woods wrote:
| I'm writing a backup script, learning as I go...  The problem I am having
| is backing up a Windows system via samba (although I don't think it being
| a Windows system has anything to do with this problem.)  When I pass a
| path  and filename with spaces via $1 or $n to the function, tar sees the
| space as a delimiter, not as a part of the path.  I have tried using ', ",
| and \<space>, nothing seems to work.  I'm sure someone out there knows how
| to accomplish what I need.

I'd suggest surrounding the $1 or $n with double quotes.  Single quotes
will cause them not to be expanded, but with double quotes they should
be expanded and treated as one string.

Tanner
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