blanks in filenames

[Jeremy Katz]

On Tuesday, November 21 2000, Björn Jacke said:

> When there is a blank in the name scp doesn't work correctly:
> 
> bjacke at lamarr:~ > scp -v telefon.cgi lamarr:a\ directory/
> Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host lamarr, user (unspecified), command
> scp -v -t ein directory/
> Enter passphrase for RSA key 'unon at rzstud1':
> scp: ambiguous target
> bjacke at lamarr:~ >

You need to double escape the space.  Otherwise, your escaping only
affects the local shell and not the shell invoked on the remote machine.
So use something like
  scp -v telefon.cgi lamarr:a\\\ directory/

Cheers,

Jeremy

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