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#31532 The symlink

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Latest post by on Wednesday, 14 August 2019 17:17 CDT

stq74
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Description of my issue:
Hello,
when I make a backup, I have the following message, yet at the end of the backup, I have the message SAVE SUCCESSFUL

Thanks for your help

Stéphane

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Hello,

can you please be more specific?
What's the message you received?

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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stq74

Hello,
I have attached a photo of the screen and the log log, but I do not see them ...

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Most likely they are too large and get blocked.
Please upload them somewhere (like Dropbox or Google Drive) and then paste here the link to them

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

🇮🇹Italian: native 🇬🇧English: good • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Rome (UTC +1)
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stq74
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IQH4YwhRaff7W3EXe8t0xGBP_JYjk8Sa/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/open?id=14GP4yco0_JD9tMuCfmM6LGU1jsCZIvxl

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Hello,

the message you see regards the file index.html
Such file is not a "real" file, but it's a symlink (more info on Wikipedia). Long story short, it's very similar to the links you usually create on the Desktop to quickly access your preferred programs. They simply point to a real file.
When the real file is moved or deleted, then the symbolic link is broken: it points to something that doesn't exists.
Akeeba Backup can detect these kind of things and will warn you.

In your case, the symlink reported points to a file that is not there anymore. You should get in touch with your host and report the issue. Anyway, if your site is still working properly, you can ignore such warning.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

🇮🇹Italian: native 🇬🇧English: good • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Rome (UTC +1)
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

stq74
Thank you David
good week-end

Stéphane

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
You're welcome!

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

🇮🇹Italian: native 🇬🇧English: good • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Rome (UTC +1)
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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