On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:53:33 -0700 Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > > Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> wrote: > > > I tried this and it successfully creates myfile.zip: > > > > > > find ./ -iname "*.jpg" -print | zip myfile -@ > > > > > > But it fails if there are spaces in the path or filename. How can I > > > make it work with spaces? > > > > I think the best way would be to quote them in the pipe: > > > > find ./ -iname "*.jpg" -printf "'%p'\n" | zip myfile -@ > > But that fails when the filename contains a quote character. > > John's Important File > > Using zero terminated strings (zstrings) are best for handling > arbitrary data in filenames. > > Real Unix(TM) users never put [^[:ascii:]] characters in file names. > > Bob True. Underscores are _wonderful_ things. But remember, Linux is Not Unix! Unfortunately for the OP, i don't *think* zip accepts zstrings. Perhaps a script to just remove all of the non-ascii characters in the filename of all files in the current directory? Random tangent, but pascal strings are often more efficient from a programming standpoint than c-style strings... -- rbmj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110111204644.3a58a...@blair-laptop.mason
