Backup directories with space in directory name

[Colin Law]

On 31 December 2016 at 20:10, Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Jack,
>
> On Sat, 2016-12-31 at 12:07 -0600, Jack McGee wrote:
>> On 12/31/2016 10:28 AM, Jack McGee wrote:> >
>
>
> No, I don't really want to backup the whole disc.  I know there are no
> guarantees unless I do backup whole disc, but this subset will be good
> enough I think.
>
>> And I'll add, that is not the main use case for this.  This is for when
>> I accidentally delete a file or otherwise hose my system.  It's a go
>> back in time, and I can restore just the file(s) I want, not the whole di
>>
>
> You could also consider packages such as 'backintime' or 'sbackup'. I
> use 'backintime' for the use case above.

+1 for backintime. I think it is ideally suited to your requirements.

Colin