From: Jonathan Wallace <jonathan.wallace@...>
Date: 2006-10-01T10:30:06+09:00
Subject: How to escape spaces

I'm using ruby 1.8.4.  I'm trying to use the gsub function to escape
spaces in a linux path that is stored in a variable.

When I attempt the following, t = "a B"; t.gsub(/ /, "\\ "), I receive
the following output:

irb(main):001:0> t = "a B"; t.gsub(/ /, "\\ ")
=> "a\\ B"

I'd like to get "a\ B" (without quotes, of course).  Can someone point
me in the proper direction?  Note: I've tried many different variations
with no luck.
 Thanks,
  Jonathan