On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:48:27AM +0100, Walrus Foolhill wrote: > I am trying to synchronize the content of the directory my_dir/ from /home > to /backup. This directory contains a file which name has a double quote in > it, such as to"to. Here is my rsync command: > > rync -Cazh /home/my_dir/ /backup/my_dir/
"rsync" > And I get the following message: > > rsync: mkstemp "/backup/my_dir/.to"to.d93PZr" failed: Invalid argument (22) For what it's worth, using your command and filename (to"to) both work fine for me on OS X (both rsync v2.6.9 and v3.0.7), FreeBSD 4.7 (rsync v2.6.9), and Linux 2.6.18 (rsync v3.0.7) and going between them. Can you give more information on your system, rsync version, etc.? Scott -- Scott Wiersdorf sc...@ipartner.net -- 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