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FTP website backup to NAS issues after OS 6.9.2
I have a backup job setup that uses FTP to backup a website I own to my NAS once a week. It has been working correctly for years and normally takes around 10-15 minutes to backup the entire website. ...
I tried it in 6.9.3, using the MIT FTP Web site(which can be accessed anonymously).
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu , "Host" area - input FTP web site directly, "Port" area - by default(display 21), "Path" area - input specify the path to copy files.
Run backup job, completed.
BTW: In system -> setting, FTP - anonymous mode
Backup Job Name: job_017
Backup Job Type: Full
Protocol: ftp
Backup Source: [remote:ftp]/ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/3b1-faq
Backup Destination: [ss1]/1!22
Backup Start Time: Mon Apr 2 2018 22:40:31
Backup Finish Time: Mon Apr 2 2018 22:40:47
Backup Status: Success
Copy (F) part1
Copy (F) part2
Backup Job Type: Full
Protocol: ftp
Backup Source: [remote:ftp]/ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/3b1-faq
Backup Destination: [ss1]/1!22
Backup Start Time: Mon Apr 2 2018 22:40:31
Backup Finish Time: Mon Apr 2 2018 22:40:47
Backup Status: Success
Copy (F) part1
Copy (F) part2
I tested using the details you provided and that worked.
I have done some further testing and the 'path' field seems to be related to the issue. When trying a different website I found that specifying a deeper folder path than the folder that holds all the other folders and files would allow some files to backup.
I think the issue is to do with folders within folders causing the backup to fail. This was an issue several years ago and was fixed at the time.
If I change
Backup Source: [remote:ftp]/ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/3b1-faq
to
Backup Source: [remote:ftp]/ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers
I get a successful connection test (so the login to the address worked) but when I run the backup I dont get the 3b1-faq folder of any files within it. Nothing further down the structural line is looked at.
When setting the backup in the first place the browse option on the share filed shows the folders as
.
or
..
I ideally want the path to be blank as I want to backup from the root (which is what happens with my ftp software client) but the OS6 does not allow blank field. If I input the root as public_html then as this folder contains other folders the backup fails.
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