RE: how to copy filename with spaces using scp

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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:33:34 -0000
To: "John Davidorff Pell" <johnpell@mac.com>, "Jerry Geis" <geisj@pagestation.com>

If I may have a question

If You are trying to interact with Server placed on Windows platform, You face problems with not only files with space but also with areas with space.

Example:
        if I would like to transfer c:\Program Files\test\test file.tmp
        to my Unix box, what shall I do?
        

Regards,
Jakub.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Davidorff Pell [mailto:johnpell@mac.com]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:05 AM
To: Jerry Geis
Cc: Secure Shell
Subject: Re: how to copy filename with spaces using scp

Jerry Geis <geisj@pagestation.com> wrote:
> How do I escape the spaces in an automated way?
> I am not typing this command it is running from an
> automated file. something like
>
> ssh remote find /home/jerry > file_list
> the use every file name in the file_list and scp
> that file from remote to local.
>
> THanks,
>
> jerry
>
>
> John Davidorff Pell wrote:
>
> You should try:
> $ scp remote:"/file\ with\ spaces.txt" /tmp
> instead of
>> scp "remote:/file with spaces.txt" /tmp

Ok, try:
$ scp remote:"\"file with spaces.txt\"" /tmp

This may not work because what local scp thinks the file name is:
\"file with spaces.txt\" includes the quotes, which it shouldn't. You
could use "--unsafe" to get around that, but here is a better way:
$ scp remote:"\"file with spaces.txt\"" "/tmp/file with spaces.txt"

That shouldn't be too hard to do inside the script. :-)

It seems, from your example, that you are trying to copy *many* files.
This is NOT the best way to go about if for a number of reasons:
A) It is slow.
B) It has tremendous overhead
C) It floods the logs
D) It is slow.
E) It takes a very long time.
F) Are you seeing a pattern?

Here is a better way to copy large amounts of files:
$ cd /tmp
$ ssh remote tar c /home/jerry | tar x

Basically, what this will do is archive your entire home folder, send
it, then unarchive it. Here is a version with compression:
$ cd /tmp
$ ssh remote "tar c /home/jerry | gzip" | gunzip | tar x

For *best* compression (over a slow link), change gzip to gzip -9

You will end up with a folder named home in /tmp that contains a folder
named jerry that has your entire home folder contents in it... :-D

If you do not want the extra folders (/tmp/home/jerry) then you can use
the -C flag for tar, but i'll leave that to you. (hint: "man tar")

I've CC'd the list again, in case anyone else has any tips. :-)

Good luck!
JP

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