rsync - Oct 2003 - use rsync with filenames containing "-"

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Hey there,

when i try to sync two directories or files containing a "-" character
in ther path, rsync fails:
# /usr/bin/rsync --partial -rcvaLe "ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o
\
StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --progress "user@server:/path/band -
album/" "/path/"

this gives an error like:
rsync: on remote machine: -: unknown option

every escaping like \- or \\- fails, too. Any help is appreciated.
joerg maier

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On Wed, 8 Oct 2003,
<joerg.maier@rz.uni-mannheim.de> wrote:
> 
> Hey there,
> 
> when i try to sync two directories or files containing a "-"
character
> in ther path, rsync fails:
> # /usr/bin/rsync --partial -rcvaLe "ssh -o
UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o \
> StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --progress "user@server:/path/band -
album/" "/path/"
> 
> this gives an error like:
> rsync: on remote machine: -: unknown option
> 
> every escaping like \- or \\- fails, too. Any help is appreciated.
> joerg maier
The dash isn't your problem.  It's the spaces.  The command being sent
to the remote isn't including the quotes and isn't escaping the spaces,
so the "user@server:/path/band - album/" becomes three tokens, and the
'-' by itself causes the error.

Try substituting one of these (note single vs. double quotes):

  'user@server:/path/band\ -\ album/'
  "user@server:/path/band\\ -\\ album/"
  'user@server:"/path/band - album/"'
  "user@server:'/path/band - album/'"

This might work, too:

  "user@server:/path/band\ -\ album/"

But I'd go with the first one, above.

Good luck.
-- 
        John Van Essen  Univ of MN Alumnus  <vanes002@umn.edu>