Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:05:50AM +0900, Charles Nadeau wrote:
>> backup=`cat /etc/snapshot/include.text`
>> rsync -va [...] $backup $backuproot/$type.1/
>
> This is entirely a shell issue -- the shell you are using is splitting
Wayne,
Here is the info about my version of bash:
Mosix7 / # bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Anything I can do with the version of bash I have?
Thanks!
Charles
> the args at all whitespace, and you need to tell it to stop. In fact,
> in some shells $backup would always refer to a single arg unless you run
> the line through an extra "eval ..." sequence (bourne shell and bash
> does way too much word splitting for my tastes, for instance).
>
> One option is to use a more advanced shell expansion of the file into
> args. In zsh (my shell of choice), you can do something like this:
>
> rsync -va --OPTIONS "${(f)$(</path/include.text)}" $backuproot/$type.1/
>
> This takes the contents of the include.text file, splits in by lines,
> and quotes each one as a separate arg. If you're not using zsh, perhaps
> someone familar with the shell you are using can assist you with
> something similar.
>
> Another option is to upgrade to the CVS version (available in the near
> future as version 2.6.0) and use the --files-from option to specify your
> files (since it already parses the names one per line).
>
> ..wayne..
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