Forum Discussion

Aspirant

Jul 09, 2017

Solved

Backup fails because there is a period (".") at the end of my filename.

Hi, I'm trying to setup a backup on my new ReadyNAS 212 (Firmware 6.7.5).
Whenever I run the backup I receive an error :

Cannot read file 'opti/makeinclude/shared.mk.' (error: No such file or directory)!
Failed to copy file '/Vol_4TA/foo/opti/makeinclude/shared.mk.' (error: No such file or directory)!

This seems like a bug. How can I report this so that NETGEAR can work on fixing it?

In the mean time I guess I'll have to change the name of my file if I want it backed-up.

:smileyfrustrated:

Thanks

StephenB
Jul 14, 2017
You could of course use a different backup protocol (NFS or RSYNC).

12 Replies

Replies have been turned off for this discussion

JennC
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jul 12, 2017
Hello Phil140,

What kind of file is shared.mk.? Are you doing it on the Backup Job feature of the admin page?

I did try this with a text type of file and its file name is testfile.she. setup to back up from Windows computer to ReadyNAS and it did work.

Regards,
- Phil140
  Aspirant
  Jul 13, 2017
  Thanks JennC.
  It is a text file. Once I changed the filename, it worked fine.
  Yes, I was using the Backup Job from the admin page.
  
  But the file was actually created/copied from a linux machine. So that may have something to do with the syntax of the filename.
  
  Win7, will not let me create a file with a trailing "." (period). I'm not sure how you were able to create your "testfile.she.".(?)
  - JennC
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jul 13, 2017
    Hello Phil140,
    
    I used 2 different computers, Win10 and Win7, I was able to create a file with a "." in the end of the file name. I think you should not do it on Linux as Linux may read the word after the "." as filename extension.
    
    Regards,
crazy_toy
NETGEAR Expert
Jul 10, 2017
Hi Phil140

Which protocol you use to backup?
- Phil140
  Aspirant
  Jul 10, 2017
  Hi ct,
  
  Protocol: cifs