On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 02:35:33AM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: backuppc
> Version: 2.1.2-4
> Followup-For: Bug #371073
> 
> Hello Klaus,
> 
> I think, you need to change your settings to
> 
> $Conf{TarFullArgs} = '$fileList+';
> $Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate+ $fileList+';
> 
> The additional '+' will add another level of shell escapes to the
> arguments to protect whitespace etc. when passing the tar command as
> argument to another command like sudo or ssh.
> I learned this while investigating bug #369465 where a superfluous level
> of escaping made tar not understand a timestamp with a backslash in the
> middle (escaping the space once too much).
> 
> 
> Andreas
> 

Thanks for your explanation Andreas !

Klaus, I have to close the bug, since it occurs with a configuration
file not in the Debian package.

Cheers,

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