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michal_liska_61
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Apr 13, 2010

Configuration backup not working

Hello,     We have a problem with configuration backup. When we run "bigpipe config save ", we get the following error:   Saving active configuration...   md5sum: /config/: Is a directory ...
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Cspillane_18296
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Apr 13, 2010
Hello Michal,

 

 

there shouldn't be a file called '\' in the config directory for sure. If i create this file I can replicate your issue exactly. So, quickly check the fle isn't something important that has been accidentally renamed (this is very unlikely to have happened but let's check to be sure!). If the filesize is 0 bytes for example it is safe to delete. If you're not sure my preference would be to copy the file off using WinSCP or similar then open it in Notepad++ (or whatever) and see what it contains.

 

 

I'm 99% sure it'll be empty or nonsensical, in which case delete it and try the "b config save 10_4_2010" command again.