comet424 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 hi so I been running rsync for several months doing spaces and it worked but if its a Root folder.. but when I did a sub folder spaces it messs up so if I do rsync -avzu --stats --numeric-ids --progress -e "ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa -T -o Compression=no -x" /mnt/user/DJ\ Stuff/ root@backupserver:/mnt/user/DJ\ Stuff/ so my Root Folder is "DJ Stuff" and it copies to the backupserver "DJ Stuff" root folder fine but when I do rsync -avzu --stats --numeric-ids --progress -e "ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa -T -o Compression=no -x" /mnt/user/Videos/Home\ Videos/ root@backupserver:/mnt/user/Videos/Home\ Videos/ It Copies "Home Videos" under the Videos Root folder from the main server... but when I tell it to copy to the backup server "Videos\Home Videos" it doesn't do it... it actually does "\Videos\Home" so its not adding that space... is there a different way you need to write it when there is a specific directory that has spaces that isn't the root folder name so to summerize DJ Stuff ===> DJ Stuff (copies fine) Videos\Home Videos ====> Videos\Home Videos (does not copy fine) it does instead Videos\Home Videos =====> Videos\Home I only noticed this as I doing a specific folder... where as my other rysncs I just sync the Root Folder names Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 You can try instead of escaping the folder quoting it. But, you *may* be running into an issue with a reserved folder name. IE: I know that you can't have a share named "Home" because SMB thinks of that as a reserved name. IE: rename the folder to be Home_Videos or HomeVideos or something. Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 well i have done rsync -avzu --stats --numeric-ids --progress -e "ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa -T -o Compression=no -x" "/mnt/user/Videos/Home Videos/" root@backupserver:"/mnt/user/Videos/Home Videos/" and the single and double qoute from another forum rsync -avzu --stats --numeric-ids --progress -e "ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa -T -o Compression=no -x" '"/mnt/user/Videos/Home Videos/"' root@backupserver:'"/mnt/user/Videos/Home Videos/"' now rysnc has no issues when i been doing rsync -avzu --stats --numeric-ids --progress -e "ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa -T -o Compression=no -x" /mnt/user/Videos root@backupserver:/mnt/user/Videos/ it will make the "Home Videos" folder but it rysncs my tv shows and movies and other crap too.. but for a specfic rysnc i wanted to backup each night etc to my 2nd backupserver that doesnt do the tv shows or movies... just photos and my home videos so doing the /videos it will back up "Home Videos" just like that... but when i do the qoutes as above then it says HOME as Videos is my SMB share for windows and then Home Videos is under the Videos so just frustrating if i known this i would been tackling this months ago.. always something and i dont even know if you can contact the persons(s) who wrote rysnc to even ask if i asking is possible... but maybe i will just have to rename it then as 1 word.. i appreciate the input Quote Link to comment
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