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I am having a similar problem:

What do I do? Thanks!

Quentin said:

Hi, i have just installed Xclone on a 3.1 WP installation. Installed no problem. But I am not sure how to resolve the backup path. I left the default Backup Start Path as is (which ends with: …public_html/) and the Backup Store Path also as default (which is empty). All other settings as default.

I then went to make a backup and got the following error:

"Your backup directory backups is not writeable or does not exists!"

I assumed maybe it needed a folder in the Store path, so created one (755 chmod). But get the same error.

 

Sorry to be a noobie, but what do I have to do to get it to accept the backup path?

 

Thank you for your help.

ps. the Info tab shows everything is OK except the backup path:

Php Configuration Information:
Php Safe_mode:	Off  safe mode will need to be set to Off in order for XCloner to work properly
Php max_execution_time:	3600  This controls the maximum time your script is allowed to run on server in seconds
Php memory_limit:	64M  This controls the maximum memory the script may allocate for it's processes
Php open_basedir:	no value  This controls the paths your script is allowed to access, no value means it can access any path
exec() function support:	ENABLED  If this function is disabled, you might want to uncheck Both 'Active' checkboxes from the General Tab
General paths info:
Temporary Folder	/home/londono3/public_html/administrator/backups is writeable  the path [Backup Start Path/administrator/backups] needs to be created and be writeable in order for XCloner to work properly
Backup Start Path	/home/londono3/public_html/ is readable  the backup start path needs to exist and be readable in order for XCloner to start the backup process
Backup Path:	/backups unwriteable  needs to be writeable in order for XCloner to archive backups
Tar utility server path:	/bin/tar  If the script is unable to determine the tar path automatically, you might need to uncheck the 'Active' checkbox near TAR line in General Tab
Mysqldump utility server path:	/usr/bin/mysqldump  If the script is unable to determine the mysqldump path automatically, you might need to uncheck the 'Active' checkbox near MYSQLDUMP line in General Tabn

I'm having a problem with this same issue. However, I'm trying to create a backup to another server. I've tried putting the correct path in but I keep getting this same error. I've gone into the FTP and am making sure I got all the credentials setup. The problem is that I have no idea what path to put in for a remote server. I want my Wordpress site to backup to my remote server in case that server goes down.

What would the correct path be if I wanted the backup to go to another FTP server? Example, I'm backing up files from

/home/username/public_html/DOMAIN1.COM/

To a completely different server with a folder called "backup"

I tried /home/username/public_html/DOMAIN2.com/backup and CHMOD to 777 and I still get the error that the directory doesn't exist or the location isn't writable.

Thanks in advance.

Sorry didn't realize I pasted a table in my response. Also I cannot create the backup at all. The second I click on Generate backup I get the error.