Error msg...Backup

[MoMas]

I am getting an error message when I go in osCommerce/ Admin/ Backups. "Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php" How do I set this in configure.php?

I've tried searching the Powweb forum, but, I don't see anything. I also looked on osCommerce orum and didn't see anything that addresss my specific issue.

Thanx for all the help I have been getting.

[natural]

you can create a directory called "backups" in the admin folder.

[MoMas]

I created a directory call 'Backups' in the admin folder. I am still getting the message. I think it is asking for something to occur in the configure.php file and I dont know what I am supposed to do there.

[natural]

in configure.php you set the name of the backup folder. Make sure that it matches the one you created.

[MoMas]

Thanks for the response natural. I don't know what to do to "set the name of the back up folder" in configure.php. I need to be walked through the instructions. I notice there are two (2) configure.php files. One in 'Admin' and one in 'includes', do I need to set up in both?

I don't know where to put the instructions, I don't know what the sentence should look like.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[tacimala]

If I remember correctly, as long as you didn't change the backup option since the default install, you just need to add the catalog/admin/backups directory and you will be all set to go. This line is the last line before the database connection setup in the configure.php file.

define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');

That's the default line of code from the catalog/admin/includes/configure.php file.

[stevel]

There should not be a configure.php in admin. The two files by that name should be in admin/includes and catalog/includes. The one under admin/includes defines settings for the admin panel, the one under catalog/includes defines setting for, you guessed it, the catalog.

Note that PowWeb does automatic nightly backups of your MySQL database, though I don't recommend relying on that. (not to say that it's unreliable, but it's not a guaranteed service.) I can't say I'm thrilled about the idea of a backup as a file in your site, though I suppose it's not all that bad. Note that there's an option to download the backup to your local system (do this under HTTPS only.)

[MoMas]

This is the error message: Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

This is the last line of the code: define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/'


What am I missing?