Windows: Space(s) in paths don't work?

[highend]

Hi,

I'm trying to use resticprofile on Windows.
resticprofile 0.29.0
restic 0.17.3

Test profiles.toml:

version = "1"

[global]
  restic-binary = "D:\\Tools\\@Command Line Tools\\restic_x64\\restic.exe"

[default]
  repository = "T:\\backup\\restic"
  password-file = "D:\\Tools\\@Command Line Tools\\restic_x64\\key.pub"

  [default.backup]
    verbose = true
    skip-if-unchanged = true
    cache-dir = "T:\\restic_cache"
    files-from = "D:\\Tools\\@Command Line Tools\\restic_x64\\include_paths.txt"
    exclude-file = "D:\\Tools\\@Command Line Tools\\restic_x64\\exclude_patterns.txt"

resticprofile.exe --verbose backup --dry-run

Result:

2024/11/22 00:57:21 resticprofile 0.29.0 compiled with go1.23.2
2024/11/22 00:57:21 using configuration file: profiles.toml
2024/11/22 00:57:21 loading: profiles.toml
2024/11/22 00:57:21 memory available: 4656MB
2024/11/22 00:57:21 using restic 0.17.3
2024/11/22 00:57:21 profile 'default': starting 'backup'
2024/11/22 00:57:21 command environment: reusing previous
2024/11/22 00:57:21 starting command: D:\Tools\@Command Line Tools\restic_x64\restic.exe backup --cache-dir=T:\restic_cache --exclude-file=D:\Tools\@Command Line Tools\restic_x64\exclude_patterns.txt --files-from=D:\Tools\@Command Line Tools\restic_x64\include_paths.txt --password-file=T:\backup\restic\key.pub --repo=T:\backup\restic --skip-if-unchanged --verbose --dry-run
'D:\Tools\@Command' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
2024/11/22 00:57:21 backup on profile 'default': exit status 1

If I double quote all paths and run restic with the output of the command from above, the backup runs fine (ofc, with --dry-run here)...

What am I doing wrong?

[erichlf]

When you have spaces in a directory name it needs to be quoted. That is the nature of using *nix type scripts.

[highend]

Where do you see unquoted paths in my config (for Windows^^)?

[erichlf]

I suppose this could be considered a bug, because you shouldn't have to add a second set of quotes to have quoted paths. I would report it under issues.

[danielfdickinson]

You need a single backslash (\) in front of spaces. E.g.: restic-binary = ***@***.***\ Line\ Tools\\restic_x64\\restic.exe"

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________________________________ From: highend Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2024 7:18 PM To: creativeprojects/resticprofile Cc: Subscribed Subject: [creativeprojects/resticprofile] Windows: Space(s) in paths don't work? (Discussion #433) Hi, I'm trying to use resticprofile on Windows. resticprofile 0.29.0 restic 0.17.3 Test profiles.toml: version = "1" [global] restic-binary = ***@***.*** Line Tools\\restic_x64\\restic.exe" [default] repository = "T:\\backup\\restic" password-file = ***@***.*** Line Tools\\restic_x64\\key.pub" [default.backup] verbose = true skip-if-unchanged = true cache-dir = "T:\\restic_cache" files-from = ***@***.*** Line Tools\\restic_x64\\include_paths.txt" exclude-file = ***@***.*** Line Tools\\restic_x64\\exclude_patterns.txt" resticprofile.exe --verbose backup --dry-run Result: 2024/11/22 00:57:21 resticprofile 0.29.0 compiled with go1.23.2 2024/11/22 00:57:21 using configuration file: profiles.toml 2024/11/22 00:57:21 loading: profiles.toml 2024/11/22 00:57:21 memory available: 4656MB 2024/11/22 00:57:21 using restic 0.17.3 2024/11/22 00:57:21 profile 'default': starting 'backup' 2024/11/22 00:57:21 command environment: reusing previous 2024/11/22 00:57:21 starting command: ***@***.*** Line Tools\restic_x64\restic.exe backup --cache-dir=T:\restic_cache ***@***.*** Line Tools\restic_x64\exclude_patterns.txt ***@***.*** Line Tools\restic_x64\include_paths.txt --password-file=T:\backup\restic\key.pub --repo=T:\backup\restic --skip-if-unchanged --verbose --dry-run ***@***.***' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. 2024/11/22 00:57:21 backup on profile 'default': exit status 1 If I double quote all paths and run restic with the output of the command from above, the backup runs fine (ofc, with --dry-run here)... What am I doing wrong? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#433>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AE6GOSWIXRAJQVQPJULJRAD2BZZ5FAVCNFSM6AAAAABSIGLVFGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ERDJONRXK43TNFXW4OZXGUZDSOJTHA>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.

[creativeprojects]

Yes that would work, but I do agree you shouldn't need to.
There are so many places where escaping of path should happen and I missed the restic binary case 😢