SCP command with a space in the target

Question

I would like to make a scp command with a variable for the file destination but, in the variable I have a space.

~ $ target=C:/Users/exemple/a folder with space/data
~ $ scp -r -p file.txt $USER@$IP_TARGET:${target}
space/data: No such file or directory

How can I do ?

Answer 1

I succeeded with this :

target='"C:/Users/exemple/a folder with space/data"'

Or this :

target=\"C:/Users/exemple/a folder with space/data\"

and use

scp -r -p file.txt $USER@$IP_TARGET:"$target"