diff -u5rN dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/remote.exp dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/remote.exp
--- dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/remote.exp	2003-10-11 12:12:46.000000000 +0530
+++ dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/remote.exp	2008-04-01 20:43:22.000000000 +0530
@@ -730,11 +730,11 @@
 	    # Allow multiple files to be deleted at once.
 	    foreach x $args {
 		append file " $x"
 	    }
 	    verbose "remote_file deleting $file"
-	    set status [remote_exec $dest "rm -f $file"]
+	    set status [remote_exec $dest rm "$file"]
 	    return [lindex $status 0]
 	}
     }
 }
 
diff -u5rN dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/rsh.exp dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/rsh.exp
--- dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/rsh.exp	2003-10-11 12:12:46.000000000 +0530
+++ dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/rsh.exp	2008-04-01 20:43:13.000000000 +0530
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@
 
     if [board_info $desthost exists hostname] {
 	set desthost [board_info $desthost hostname]
     }
 
-    set status [catch "exec $RSH $rsh_useropts $desthost rm -f $destfile |& cat" output]
+    set status [catch "exec $RSH $rsh_useropts $desthost \"rm -f\" $destfile |& cat" output]
     set status [catch "exec $RCP $srcfile $rcp_user$desthost:$destfile |& cat" output]
     if { $status == 0 } {
 	verbose "Copied $srcfile to $desthost:$destfile" 2
 	return $destfile
     } else {
@@ -275,11 +275,11 @@
     # no output but the exit code is non-zero.
     if { $inp == "" } {
 	set inp "/dev/null"
     }
 
-    set status [catch "exec cat $inp | $RSH $rsh_useropts $hostname sh -c '$cmd $pargs \\; echo XYZ\\\${?}ZYX' |& cat" output]
+    set status [catch "exec cat $inp | $RSH $rsh_useropts $hostname \"sh -c\" '$cmd $pargs \\; echo XYZ\\\${?}ZYX' |& cat" output]
     verbose "$RSH output is $output"
     # `status' doesn't mean much here other than rsh worked ok.
     # What we want is whether $cmd ran ok.
     if { $status != 0 } {
 	regsub "XYZ(\[0-9\]*)ZYX\n?" $output "" output