Latest versions of cygwin - Paths with spaces

[Gary Johnson]

On 2022-05-18, André Bleau wrote:
> Hi Giovani.
> 
> Giovani Erthal wrote:
>  
> > I'm using rsync to perform backups. But I have errors in paths with spaces.
> > 
> > Source: C:\Users\giova\Downloads\Teste com espaço
> > Destination: C:\Users\giova\Downloads\Destino com espaço
> > 
> > Command:
> > 
> > rsync.exe -avz -s --no-perms --no-owner --no-group --chmod=ugo=rw /cygdrive/C/Users/giova/Downloads/Teste" 
> > 
> > "com" "Espaço /cygdrive/C/Users/giova/Downloads/Destino" "com" "espaço
> 
> Wrong space quoting. Try:
> 
> rsync.exe -avz -s --no-perms --no-owner --no-group --chmod=ugo=rw "/cygdrive/C/Users/giova/Downloads/Teste com Espaço" "/cygdrive/C/Users/giova/Downloads/Destino com espaço"

André's quoting is unusual, but it's not wrong.

For example:

    $ cat foo
    #!/bin/bash
    for word in "$@"
    do
        echo "$word"
    done

    $ ./foo one two" "three four
    one
    two three
    four

However, I've always seen the C: drive under /cygdrive as
/cygdrive/c, with a lower-case c.

Regards,
Gary