Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

[Guest]

I just installed oscommerce and am trying to backup some info but it's giving me this error in the admin area --->Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php..

 

I set my includes/configure.php file to 444 and then 644 and still get the same error.

 

It will not allow me to backup my database.

 

Please help

[FIMBLE]

hi

 

sounds like you are using an older version where the actual folder is not there, you need to call it backups and add it to the admin folder then set it to 777

 

Nic

[rsm]

hi

 

sounds like you are using an older version where the actual folder is not there, you need to call it backups and add it to the admin folder then set it to 777

 

Nic

 

I seem to be having the same problem:

 

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

 

the backups folder exists and is set to 777.

 

the admin/includes/configure.php file is similar to:

 

define('DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/httpdocs/catalog/');

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/catalog/admin/');

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', 'httpdocs/catalog/admin/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/httpdocs/catalog/');

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

 

I'm not clear on how to properly link to the directories on the file server (FS_ADMIN etc) ...any help will be great.

 

Thanks,

R.

[Guest]

Some installations os oscommerce, particularly those offered as as an automatic script install by a webhost, will miss out creating the backups folder.

 

Use an FTP client, and inside the Catalog/Admin folder, simply create a new folder called backups

 

chmod the permissions as above.