On 10Nov2008 00:21, Ryan Sawhill <rsawhill+flist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | > One little known feature of rsync is the fact that when run over a | > remote shell (such as rsh or ssh) you can give any shell command as | > the remote file list. The shell command is expanded by your remote | > shell before rsync is called. [...] | | Little-known indeed--I didn't know rsync could do that.. that's really cool. I have mixed feelings about this coolness myself, having tripped over it several times. It means that if you're trying to name files-with-spaces-or-other-weirdness precisely you need to quote twice, once locally as with any shell command, and then again for the remote shell. It's doable, and even automatable (provided you trust there's a Bourne/POSIX shell at the far end, otherwise of course the far end quote syntax will be different...) Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The only way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence. - UN Secretary General Boutros-Ghali, _New York Times_ 15oct93 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
