Backup directories with space in directory name

[Colin Watson]

On Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 01:57:06PM +1100, Karl Auer wrote:
> There are so many backup solutions out there that it is probably a
> waste of effort to roll your own for anything complicated (though it's
> a great learning experience).

Indeed so.

> If you do keep going with this project, I suggest you investigate
> rsync, in particular the --link-dest and --hard-links options. You
> might also look at the old, but still excellent, rdiff-backup utility.

Based on the same underlying technology, I use rsbackup
(http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/rsbackup/), written by a friend of mine,
and can thoroughly recommend it.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]