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Error Message : Unable to copy links backup. Reason: No such file or directory
Okay, Links is up and running, generally speaking, on my NT/IIS machine. When clicking "Build All" I get an error message, below. Solution?

--Steve

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Links Manager: Building Pages
Building Pages
Pages built on 23-Jun-1999 at 11:19:55
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Backing up database . . .
Backing up links, category and email database (File::Copy) ...

CGI ERROR
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Error Message : Unable to copy links backup. Reason: No such file or directory
Script Location : D:\Webshare\wwwroot\cgi-bin\links\admin\nph-build.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00503

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Disregard. I discovered I had the permissions wrong on one of the directories.

It's all working perfectly now.

Steve
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Re: Error Message : Unable to copy links backup. Reason: No such file or directory In reply to
I am getting the same error, how did you resolve it?
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In a nutshell, you have to work with the permissions. It's largely trial and error, and frankly, I'm still struggling with this myself.
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I'm getting the smae problem
i followed the instructions in the readme
got all the permissions right
but it doesn't work when i press build?
I get this message:

Links Manager: Building Pages
Building Pages
Pages built on 29-Aug-1999 at 07:45:59
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Backing up database . . .
Backing up links, category and email database (File::Copy) ...

CGI ERROR
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Error Message : Unable to copy links backup. Reason: Permission denied
Script Location : /data1/hypermart.net/docsparky/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00404

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Your admin/backup directory does not have permissions to create/write/copy a file inside of it. Or, your admin/data files do not have 666 permissions (or equivalent).

[This message has been edited by Bobsie (edited August 29, 1999).]