Maybe Bacula could perform deeper inspection of the FileSet definition and replace all the double slashes, dot and dot-dot files accordingly. At least for the restore. This behavior may be considered as bug.
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Peter Viskup <skupko...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904875/basedefs/xbd_chap04.html#tag_04_11 > > <cite> > The special filename dot shall refer to the directory specified by its > predecessor. The special filename dot-dot shall refer to the parent > directory of its predecessor directory. As a special case, in the root > directory, dot-dot may refer to the root directory itself. > </cite> > > Simple test shows what's going on: > $ mkdir test > $ mkdir test/./ > mkdir: cannot create directory ‘test/./’: File exists > > -- > Peter Viskup > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 5:13 PM, bdam <bacula-fo...@backupcentral.com> wrote: >> I fixed this. For anyone else encountering it, when going through the >> restore process choose "mod" | "File Relocation" | "Strip prefix" and in the >> set I was using I entered "/data/home/./". This stops bacula trying to >> create the folder with name ".". >> >> +---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> |This was sent by bill.dam...@yahoo.com via Backup Central. >> |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. >> +---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic >> patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are >> consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, >> J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity >> planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users