On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey there,
>
> when i try to sync two directories or files containing a "-" character
> in ther path, rsync fails:
> # /usr/bin/rsync --partial -rcvaLe "ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o \
> StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --progress "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/path/band - album/" "/path/"
>
> this gives an error like:
> rsync: on remote machine: -: unknown option
>
> every escaping like \- or \\- fails, too. Any help is appreciated.
> joerg maier
The dash isn't your problem. It's the spaces. The command being sent
to the remote isn't including the quotes and isn't escaping the spaces,
so the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/path/band - album/" becomes three tokens, and the
'-' by itself causes the error.
Try substituting one of these (note single vs. double quotes):
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/path/band\ -\ album/'
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/path/band\\ -\\ album/"
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]:"/path/band - album/"'
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]:'/path/band - album/'"
This might work, too:
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/path/band\ -\ album/"
But I'd go with the first one, above.
Good luck.
--
John Van Essen Univ of MN Alumnus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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