Re: [BackupPC-users] [SOLVED] Back up local server with tar: spaces in directory names

[Edward A. H. <eh...@co...>]

OK, found the answer in the documentation.  See docs for 
$Conf{TarFullArgs}.  The '+' has to be removed from '$fileList+' if tar 
is being run locally (without rsh or ssh).  Both in $Conf{TarFullArgs} 
and $Conf{TarIncrArgs}

Ted

On 10/27/2012 09:02 PM, Edward A. Hildum wrote:
> I'm running BackupPC 3.2.1 on a CentOS 6.3 x86_64 machine, as 
> installed from the EPEL 6 repository.  I'm using tar to back up the 
> server, using:
>
> $TarClientCmd ="/usr/bin/sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C $shareName+ --totals"
>
> to back up the server.  The server is dual-boot, and I am trying to 
> back up some windows directories that have embedded spaces.  All 
> directories without spaces back up correctly, but I haven't found a 
> way to specify directories with spaces that works.  I have tried the 
> following things:
>
> 1 Replace spaces with '?', e.g. 
> /win/c/Users/ehildum/TurboCAD?Professional?18/Drawings
>      Xfer_log shows error:
> /bin/tar: 
> ./win/c/Users/ehildum/TurboCAD\177Professional\17718/Drawings: Cannot 
> stat: No such file or directory
>
> 2. Just use spaces, e.g. /win/c/Users/ehildum/TurboCAD Professional 
> 18/Drawings
>     Xfer_log shows error:
> /bin/tar: ./win/c/Users/ehildum/Documents/TurboCAD\\ Professional\\ 
> 18/Drawings: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>
> 3. Quote string, e.g. "/win/c/Users/ehildum/TurboCAD Professional 
> 18/Drawings"
> Xfer_log shows error:
> /bin/tar: ./\\"/win/c/Users/ehildum/Documents/TurboCAD\\ 
> Professional\\ 18/Drawings: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
>
> I have run the commands:
>
> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C / --totals 
> ./win/c/Users/ehildum/Documents/TurboCAD\ Professional\ 18/Drawings
> and
> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C / --totals 
> "./win/c/Users/ehildum/Documents/TurboCAD Professional 18/Drawings"
>
> as the backuppc user, and both forms work.  I just can't figure out 
> how to get to list the directories in $BackupFilesOnly to get the 
> right strings passed to tar.
>
> Another strange thing is that in the Xfer_log, the listed tar command 
> for method 2 appears to have the correct form:
>
> ... ./win/c/Users/ehildum/Documents/TurboCAD\ Professional\ 
> 18/Drawings ...
>
> Any help appreciated.
> Ted
>
>
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