diff -ruN e-smith-backup-2.2.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/workstation-backup-dar e-smith-backup-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/workstation-backup-dar
--- e-smith-backup-2.2.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/workstation-backup-dar	2013-07-07 08:28:45.000000000 -0700
+++ e-smith-backup-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/workstation-backup-dar	2013-07-07 08:37:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
     {
 	# removing .dar extension
 	$ref =~ s/\..*\.dar$//;
-	$ref = "--ref " . $setdirname . "/" . $ref;
+	$ref = "--ref|" . $setdirname . "/" . $ref; # | will be used to split this string in run_backup()
 	$bkname = "inc-" . sprintf("%03d", $incnum) . "-". $bkname;
     }
 }
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
     my $killerpid = undef;
 
     eval {
-         		($pid = open INPUT, "-|", "/usr/bin/dar", "-Q", "--create", "$tmpdir/$id/$bkname", split(/\s+/,$ref),  "-B", "/etc/dar/$job.dcf") or ldie("cannot start : $!" );
+         		($pid = open INPUT, "-|", "/usr/bin/dar", "-Q", "--create", "$tmpdir/$id/$bkname", split(/\|/,$ref),  "-B", "/etc/dar/$job.dcf") or ldie("cannot start : $!" );
 
          if ($pid) {
             $killerpid = start_dar_killer($pid, $timeout);         }