How to use rsync when filenames contain double quotes?

[Scott Wiersdorf]

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:48:27AM +0100, Walrus Foolhill wrote:
> I am trying to synchronize the content of the directory my_dir/ from /home
> to /backup. This directory contains a file which name has a double quote in
> it, such as to"to. Here is my rsync command:
> 
> rync -Cazh /home/my_dir/ /backup/my_dir/

"rsync"

> And I get the following message:
> 
> rsync: mkstemp "/backup/my_dir/.to"to.d93PZr" failed: Invalid argument (22)

For what it's worth, using your command and filename (to"to) both work
fine for me on OS X (both rsync v2.6.9 and v3.0.7), FreeBSD 4.7 (rsync
v2.6.9), and Linux 2.6.18 (rsync v3.0.7) and going between them. Can
you give more information on your system, rsync version, etc.?

Scott
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