#2077 Issue `closed`: NETFS backup fails if NETFS_PREFIX contains spaces¶

Labels: needs sponsorship, won't fix / can't fix / obsolete, minor bug

ReaR version ("/usr/sbin/rear -V"): master
OS version ("cat /etc/rear/os.conf" or "lsb_release -a" or "cat /etc/os-release"): ALL
ReaR configuration files ("cat /etc/rear/site.conf" and/or "cat /etc/rear/local.conf"):

BACKUP=NETFS
NETFS_PREFIX="$HOSTNAME-$(date)"
BACKUP_URL=...

Hardware (PC or PowerNV BareMetal or ARM) or virtual machine (KVM guest or PoverVM LPAR): N/A
System architecture (x86 compatible or PPC64/PPC64LE or what exact ARM device): N/A
Firmware (BIOS or UEFI or Open Firmware) and bootloader (GRUB or ELILO or Petitboot): N/A
Storage (lokal disk or SSD) and/or SAN (FC or iSCSI or FCoE) and/or multipath (DM or NVMe): N/A
Description of the issue (ideally so that others can reproduce it):

If NETFS_PREFIX is specified and contains some spaces, the backup will fail:

ERROR: dd failed with return code 1 and below output:
  ---snip---
  dd: unrecognized operand 'Mar'
  ----------

This is due to broken variable expansion.

This issue is basically just another instance of
https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/1372

[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]

#2077 Issue closed: NETFS backup fails if NETFS_PREFIX contains spaces¶