If your system is also generating old 8.3 names (for backwards
compatibility) you can mix them in: 

/cygdrive/c/docume~1/myfolder

The command "dir /x" (under XP Pro, yours may vary) shows the short names
for files that need them.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Morse [mailto:remorse AT partners DOT org]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:43 PM
> To: amanda-hackers AT amanda DOT org
> Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: 2.4.4b1 cygwin client and specifying DLEs with spaces...
> 
> 
> Hi!  This is probably a really easily answered question, but 
> I'm not having
> any luck finding it (probably going blind)...
> 
> I've got the 2.4.4b1 client set up on a cygwin machine.  The 
> backup is going
> well, but in order to create a DLE, I had to do some 
> aliasing.  Is there a
> way to specify a DLE like:
> Xxxxx.xxxx.xxxx /cygdrive/c/Documents and 
> Settings/myuserfolder comp-tar
> 
> That is, include paths with spaces?
> 
> Alternatively, in the .amanda-gtar-excludes file, can I 
> specify directories
> with spaces?  So I can exclude /Program Files?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ricky
>