"H.S." wrote: > In the script, I am faced with this problem of defining the source > directories (dirs on the remote machine to be backed up) in a bash > variable. I want to define a variable DIRS so that it expands to: > '/cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings /cygdrive/d/My\ Data' > > *with* the quotes, to copy "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings" and > "/cygdrive/d/My Data" to my local machine. I want to use this variable > in the rsync command, like so: > rsync -av remotehost:$DIRS /mnt/backups > > I have tried a few ways to define the DIRS variable, but I am able to > get quotes in the expanded value of the variable.
You have to quote $DIRS when you use it otherwise it will be expanded into multiple words. DIRS='/cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings /cygdrive/d/My\ Data' rsync -av "remotehost:$DIRS" /mnt/backups If it were me I think I'd just use mount to get rid of the spaces. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
