I figured it out. The --override-chars-to-quote
just wasn't any of it. Once I removed this AND added an extra %
to %s
so it became %%s
my problems were solved.
I found this out by removing all the options, adding one at a time and trying all sorts of combinations until the error occurred. I narrowed it down to --override-chars-to-quote
and then when I did, rdiff-backup spat out another error message: No arguments given
. So I looked at what command was being entered and it was the %
not being escaped (or whatever), and I remember reading elsewhere that including another %
typically fixes some issues when using --remote-schema
.
So it's official. --override-chars-to-quote
just doesn't work. Either that or my understanding of the option is wrong - I'm transferring from a Windows file system to a Linux one. NTFS to VFAT (according to fdisk -l
anyway).