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# 8  
Old 07-20-2010
You're using options available in GNU tar so I'm assuming you have the bash shell installed. If so, you could use arrays, instead of a scalar variable to store the filenames:
Code:
files=(
  '/var/installer/server Config'
  '/var/installer/client user'
  '/var/installer/Svenskt Language'
  '/var/installer/GUI user Plugin'
  '/var/installer/Firefox Plugin'
  )

tar zcfv /tmp/files.tar.gz "${files[@]}"

# 9  
Old 07-20-2010
./filer.tar.gz.sh: 2: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
# sh
BusyBox v1.01 (2009.06.07-19:25+0000) Built-in shell (ash)

Thanks any way. it looks like arrays donīt work in this shell.
# 10  
Old 07-20-2010
Yep,
this details are important Smilie

With ash you could try something like this (assuming no newline character(s) in the filenames):

Code:
files="var/installer/server Config
/var/installer/client user
/var/installer/Svenskt Language
/var/installer/GUI user Plugin
/var/installer/Firefox Plugin"

(
  IFS='
'
tar czfv files.tar.gz $files
  )

This User Gave Thanks to radoulov For This Post:
Lusen
# 11  
Old 07-20-2010
For those who are following this thread. Cross reference to Busybox command syntax.

BusyBox - The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux
# 12  
Old 07-20-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lusen
Hello I canīt find an answer to my problem.
I am trying to tar some files with spaces

Code:
#!/bin/sh
files="/var/installer/server Config
/var/installer/client user
/var/installer/Svenskt Language
/var/installer/GUI user Plugin
/var/installer/Firefox Plugin"

tar -czvf /tmp/files.tar.gz $files

I have tried escaping the spaces with \ but still errors

Try:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

files="'/var/installer/server Config' \
'/var/installer/client user' \
'/var/installer/Svenskt Language' \
'/var/installer/GUI user Plugin' \
'/var/installer/Firefox Plugin'"

eval tar -czvf /tmp/files.tar.gz "$files"

Regards,
Alister
Last edited by alister; 07-20-2010 at 12:52 PM..
# 13  
Old 07-20-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by alister
Try:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

files="'/var/installer/server Config' \
'/var/installer/client user' \
'/var/installer/Svenskt Language' \
'/var/installer/GUI user Plugin' \
'/var/installer/Firefox Plugin'"

eval tar -czvf /tmp/files.tar.gz "$files"

... and hoping someone does not add something like this to the list of filenames:

Code:
;rm -rf *

# 14  
Old 07-20-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
... and hoping someone does not add something like this to the list of filenames:

Code:
;rm -rf *

I don't mean to be rude, but that's a foolish comment without merit which only serves to engender unwarranted distrust in newbies.

That file list is static, not dynamic and does not blindly eval user provided text. An eval which evals static text is not in any way a problem or a security risk.

However, if unauthorized personnel are editing your scripts, you got problems. Why would anyone bother adding "; rm -fr *" to an eval statement when with the access required to accomplish that they could simply delete the entire script and replace it with a single rm command?

Regards,
Alister
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