Akeeba Backup for Joomla!

Wednesday, 01 June 2016 10:58 CDT

kjalderton

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Description of my issue:
I have a new profile that alters the standard output directory. This works fine if back up is manually run from back-end but using the cron auto backup it reverts back to the standard default output directory(administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup). I have included: /usr/bin/php5 /var/www/pands2/cli/akeeba-backup.php --profile=2 --description="My automated backup" on the command line.

Do I have to alter settings elsewhere?

Wednesday, 01 June 2016 11:09 CDT

nicholas

Please install Akeeba Backup 5.1.0.b2 and retake a backup through CLI. I have already made a change in it which fixes this issue. Thank you in advance for your feedback!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Wednesday, 01 June 2016 11:54 CDT

kjalderton

Thank you. I have downloaded and installed version 5.1.0.b2. Unfortunately it is the same result. The manual backend works fine but the cron does not puts it in the default directory.

Is there anything I can do to assist?

Kind regards

Wednesday, 01 June 2016 13:07 CDT

nicholas

Please try installing the package twice in a row. I believe that the cli/akeeba-backup.php file is not being replaced by Joomla! when you install the new package.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 02 June 2016 06:07 CDT

kjalderton

Hello. I have installed package again but to no avail. I have deleted cli/akeeba-backup.php and extracted it from the new package. The situation the same. I have un-installed the component and re-installed but alas nothing has changes. From the back end it is perfect, from the cron with the correct --profile= it is saved to default directory.

Anything else I can try?

Kind regards

Thursday, 02 June 2016 07:10 CDT

nicholas

Are any other settings in the backup profile –like the archive name– respected? If not, go to Akeeba Backup and click on the Options button at the toolbar. Set "Use encryption" to No under Security. Did that make a change?

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 02 June 2016 07:46 CDT

kjalderton

Very good. That did the job. If we can't use encryption thats not to bad.

Thanks very much.

Kind regards

Thursday, 02 June 2016 09:49 CDT

nicholas

I am adding detection of this situation (encrypted settings but encryption not supported in CLI) to prevent similar issues in the future. I mean, in cases like yours the backup will simply halt with a message explaining that the encryption is not supported in CLI and asking you to either have your host enabled mcrypt or have you disable settings encryption.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Saturday, 02 July 2016 17:20 CDT

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