On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Phil Reynolds
<phil-backuppc AT tinsleyviaduct DOT com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Phil Reynolds
>> <phil-backuppc AT tinsleyviaduct DOT com> wrote:
>> > I am having problems backing up the localhost using a tarCreate.sh
>> > script - I can do full backups, but the date and time seems
>> > impossible to present properly for incrementals.
>> >
>> > $Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate $fileList+' as recommended
>> > by the documentation fails to escape the space between the date and
>> > time. Leaving it at the default as for a remote host
>> > ($Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate+ $fileList+') is also no
>> > good, as the unnecessary escaping makes the parameter so that tar
>> > fails to understand it.
>> >
>> > The net result in both cases is a failed backup, because tar tries
>> > to stat something derived from the time, as if it was a filename.
>> >
>> > How can I get round this problem?
>>
>> Are you sure your shell script is receiving the date as multiple
>> parameters?   Or is it parsing and breaking on the space in your
>> script or the command line being handed to tar?
>
> Hmmm... it looks possible the breaking is happening in my script - and
> it's the one referred to in the documentation.


If you mean the one with:
exec /bin/tar $*
I think that should be $@ to maintain the positional arguments.

Personally, I would just use rsync over ssh like any other target and
not worry about the CPU doing a little extra work.  It's probably not
doing much else then anyway...

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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