Re: "-signs in rsync as well as in embedded ssh command

Quoting Matt McCutchen <hashproduct@verizon.net>:
> The trouble is that rsync parses the "-e" command into arguments, and it
> just splits at every whitespace character without regard for the inner
> quotes. Maybe rsync should really be calling on a shell to parse the
> command.
>
> I can think of two ways to work around this:
>
> (1) Put the ProxyCommand option in your ~/.ssh/config so that SSH will
> use it automatically whenever you connect to targetcomputer.domain .
>
> (2) If you don't want that, write a shell script like this:
> #!/bin/bash
> ssh -o "ProxyCommand corkscrew myhttpProxy 8080
> targetcomputer.domain 22" "$@"
> and supply the name of this shell script as the "-e" command.

Thanks Matt, the shell script indeed solves the problem.

Peter
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