scp don't escape my spaces

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[Morning] all,

Anyone got any idea how to escape a space in a path when using scp over t'interweb?

I'm trying to scp between Panther and Jaguar Server but backslash is ignored as an escape character - can't see anything in the scp man pages. Should I be using a different escape character?

Been using rsync[X] without [this] problem.

TIA,

Confused Gabs
 
Howdy,

Use quotes to escape the path like this

scp foo.c "bob@example.com:/path with spaces/bar.c"

-Eric

P.S. Does anybody know where did this "interweb" word came from, I have noticed it frequently of late and it strikes me as somewhat... well asinine. Just wonderin'
 
Hiya Eric

Thanks for the reply, forgot to mention that I'd tried quote marks - but I was just looking into this again and I'll be forked - it seems I've got to add quote marks and escape the spaces with a backslash. I'm afraid I've also been sloppy - this is the syntax that RsyncX has been generating (just couldn't see it for interfering little knowledge I have). So for me it has to be:

scp foo.c "matey@10.0.0.1:/path\ with\ spaces/backatcha.c"

Then joy. Strange, slightly twisted joy but joy nonetheless.

As for the "Interweb" - yes it's pure asininity. Very sorry.

Yours,

Gabriel
"Official\ Ass\ of\ the\ Interweb"
 
Sorry if that sounded a bit harsh, the word just sort of grates on my nerves. Go figure. I am honestly interested in where it came from though.

As for needing both the "'s and the \'s that is a pain. In effect you are having to double escape the string and I don't understand why that is, but then again spaces have always been a pain.

-Eric
Says both "nu-que-lar" and "nu-clear" to irritate both camps.
 
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