Sorry, this is totally confusing.
Are the paths suppose to be convert defined configuration paths that use
"/" to "\" when outputting to the log?

Should be:
Are the paths using unix style "/" in the configs suppose to be converted
to "\" when outputting to the log?


On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Craig Shiroma <shiroma.crai...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Bryn,
>
> Thank you for the help!
>
> I apologize, but I'm not sure what you mean.  Are the paths suppose to be
> convert defined configuration paths that use "/" to "\" when outputting to
> the log?
>
> If you mean I have defined my paths incorrectly in the configs, see
> below.  If not, could you explain...my apologies.
> My impression is I'm suppose to use unix style notation even for Windows.
> The below text is from the manual in the Fileset Resource section.
> Although it's from the Exclude directive section, I assumed I'm suppose to
> use unix style separators when defining paths in Bacula.  Please correct me
> if I'm wrong.
>
> "Windows users, please take note to specify directories (even c:/...) in
> Unix path notation. If you use Windows conventions, you will most likely
> not be able to restore your files due to the fact that the Windows path
> separator was defined as an escape character long before Windows existed,
> and Bacula adheres to that convention (i.e.means the next character
> appears as itself).
>
> You should always specify a full path for every directory and file that
> you list in the FileSet. In addition, on Windows machines, you should always
> prefix the directory or filename with the drive specification (e.g. c:/xxx)
> using Unix directory name separators (forward slash). The drive letter
> itself can be upper or lower case (e.g. c:/xxx or C:/xxx)."
>
> Please note that this is the first time I've noticed this happening.  This
> host has been backing up okay.  I just can't figure out why Bacula couldn't
> find the paths (i.e. drives) for one run and then could find them in
> another re-run 5 minutes later.  Nothing was done to the client host.
>
> Best regards,
>
> -craig
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Bryn Hughes <li...@nashira.ca> wrote:
>
>> Is it just me or are all your slashes backwards for Windows?  Shouldn't
>> it be C:\ not C:/ ?
>>
>> Bryn
>>
>> On 2015-11-19 10:25 AM, Craig Shiroma wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I came across a problem with a Windows 2012R2 server that generated
>> > the below error messages in the log.  The full backed up only a few
>> > megabytes when it should've backed up 10G obviously because of the
>> > below problems.  However, I ran another full right after noticing the
>> > problem without doing anything to the server and it completed with no
>> > problem.  Has any experience this?  Know the cause?
>> >
>> > My concern is the backup ended with a "Backup OK with warnings"
>> > (status = T), so I never got an email indicating a problem.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > -craig
>> >
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat
>> > "C:/Documents and Settings": ERR=The system cannot find the file
>> > specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat
>> > "C:/inetpub": ERR=The system cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat
>> > "C:/PerfLogs": ERR=The system cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat "C:/Perl64":
>> > ERR=The system cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat "C:/Program
>> > Files": ERR=The system cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat "C:/Program
>> > Files (x86)": ERR=The system cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat
>> > "C:/ProgramData": ERR=The system cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat
>> > "C:/Python32": ERR=The system cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat "C:/Users":
>> > ERR=The system cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat
>> > "C:/Windows": ERR=The system cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208: Error: findlib/attribs.c:923
>> > Error in GetFileAttributesExW: file
>> > \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy5\: ERR=The system
>> > cannot find the file specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Cannot open "C:/": ERR=The
>> > system cannot find the file specified.
>> > .
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat "E:/":
>> > ERR=The system cannot find the path specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat "F:/":
>> > ERR=The system cannot find the path specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat "G:/":
>> > ERR=The system cannot find the path specified.
>> > 17-Nov 14:44 <server-name> JobId 208:      Could not stat "H:/":
>> > ERR=The system cannot find the path specified.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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