Hi! In the rsync man page under " -8, --8-bit-output", it says: . . . All control characters (but never tabs) are always escaped, regardless of this option's setting. The escape idiom that started in 2.6.7 is to output a literal backslash (\) and a hash (#), followed by exactly 3 octal digits. For example, a newline would output as "\#012". A literal backslash that is in a filename is not escaped unless it is followed by a hash and 3 digits (0-9).
Is there a list somewhere where I can find: a) Which control characters will be escaped? b) What digits the escaped control characters will get? I was thinking b) would be the similar to the appropriate ascii code, but since LF has ascii code 10 and CR har ascii code 13, I was having problems finding the right code e.g. "\#012" for newline. Thanks for your help! :-) Richard Taubo -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html