[Box Backup] bbackupquery - misleading error message on directory restore
Ben Summers
boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:57:44 +0100
On 23 Jun 2005, at 15:20, Wolfgang Trexler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I stumbled over the following error message in bbackupquery when
> restoring to a directory (command restore) with a trailing "/" in
> the target directory name.
>
> query > restore /files/src/ /home/user/test1/
> Exception: Common OSFileOpenError (Can't open a file -- attempted
> to load a non-existant config file or bad file referenced within?)
> (1/2)
>
> The same restore went well without the trailing "/"
>
> query > restore /files/src/ /home/user/test1
> ...........................................................
> Restore complete
>
> Are there any reasons I can't use a trailing "/" with the target
> directory name? It would be more user friendly if a trailing "/" is
> ignored silently or at least a more explanatory error message,
> telling that there is something wrong with the target directory,
> should be used.
I've added it to my bug list.
Ben