As is always the case, I seem to have solved it a few minutes after
writing this email.
Turns out I don't need to escape it at all if I wrap the entire source
path in double quotes. I had tried only wrapping the final directory in
double quotes and that was failing.
Thanks
Jon
Jon wrote:
Hi All,
I realize this has been addressed ad naseum, but I simply cannot seem to
solve my issue despite many hours of mucking about. I am attempting to
run a command like:
rsync -prvl --delete --stats --progress -e 'ssh -p 22 -i
/root/.ssh/id_dsa'
backup/company/data/current_backup/company_Ralf/doc\\\ -\\\ network/
r...@server.domain.com:"/drives/m/mirrorcentralstoredir/company/'doc -
network/'" > '/backup/company/logs/Sync_company_doc -
network_temporary_log_file.log'
I am getting the error:
rsync: link_stat "/backup/company/data/current_backup/company_Ralf/doc\
-\ network/." failed: No such file or directory (2)
That particular call is escaped three times as per one of the examples
on [1], but I have tried one and two escapes as well.
I have attempted all manners of escaping listed on the Rsync site [1],
but to no avail. I suspect that is because I am using rsync through SSH
and those examples deal with connecting to the rsync daemon on the
remote system.
I have tried wrapping the source path in single quotes and double quotes
(and the single then double quote as listed in [1]) as well as escaping
the space with a varying number of backslashes and I always get the same
error.
I have verified that the source directory does indeed exist.
I am not an expert is escaping, but I believe the command is escaped
twice. Once in the script that makes the call, once on the host OS when
the rsync call is made.
Can someone save me from my madness and point out what I am not seeing?
Thanks
Jon
[1]. http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/FAQ.html#9
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