Log formatting: quoting format option flags in Perl

[Shifra Raffel]

Hello,
I'm having trouble with setting desired punctuation and spaces with log 
formatting in a perl script.

The log-format options I am using are  --log-format=%h%a%l%o%f%t%u%c. Full 
rsync command at end of this message.

When I run the rsync command and write the results to a file,
$results = `$rsyncstr 2>&1`,
my log format options are ignored if I have the options quoted in the 
command, and the log is unreadably compressed if I leave off the quotes. 
I've tried qq//, escaped \", escaped \',  and many other ways of escaping 
quotes. Any suggestions?

Full rsync string:

rsync -Cclrtvzn --log-format="%h %a %l %o %f %t %u %c" /localdir 
user at server:/remotedir

Many thanks,
Shifra


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Shifra Raffel
Programmer/Analyst
California Digital Library
University of California Office of the President
Oakland, CA
Shifra.Raffel at ucop.edu