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How to copy filename with spaces using rsync

Putting rsync script with spaces in filename in bash.

On the command line, or explicitly in a script, it works fine, however when I invoke it from a script it throws errors.

Key is to use the "eval" keyword, see example below.

#!/bin/bash

# --------------------------------
# Edit the three settings below.
# --------------------------------

#
# Define home location
#
home="/home/hutcho"

Recently my development watchdog table reached almost 2GB.

A quick fix is to run the SQL command: "truncate table watchdog"