Akeeba Backup for Joomla!

#12771 Moving backup directory

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:01 CDT

Sunday, 24 June 2012 21:51 CDT

johannes68

Hello Nicholas,

I had my backup directory outside from public_html, under domain root. Now I tried to change it to domainroot/akeebabackups and moved the backupfiles and akeeba log manually. Then I changed the path in akeeba to the new directory, but akeeba doesnt recognize the moved backupfiles. I showes me still the files, but as not longer needed backups. Is there a trick to get akeeba recognizing the moved backupfiles in the new directory?

Thank you

best regards,
Johannes

Monday, 25 June 2012 01:38 CDT

nicholas

Akeeba Backup stores the absolute path of backup archives in its database table. If you move your files, it can no longer find them. I believe you'd like to use the Import feature to have Akeeba Backup re-discover them and allow you to use them.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Tuesday, 26 June 2012 15:20 CDT

johannes68

Oh yes that was it, thank you very much! I saw the icon so often and never used it till now that I was blind on it. Thank you :)

Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:01 CDT

nicholas

You're welcome! It's not a very popular feature, but it's very handy :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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