On 12/3/05, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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:$DIRS /mnt/backups > > I have tried a few ways to define the DIRS variable, but I am able to > get quotes in the expanded value of the variable.
If I understand the behavior you want correctly, then DIRS="'/cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings /cygdrive/d/My\ Data'" works for me. This also works for constructions like DIRS="'$dir1 $dir2'" -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
