Title: Folder/ file not readable
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Folder/ file not readable

 *  [pureheart22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pureheart22/)
 * (@pureheart22)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-file-not-readable/)
 * This site is hosted on GoDaddy with the GoDaddy assisted install of WordPress.
   The database backup works fine but I get the following error everytime I try 
   to back up files
 * INFO] BackWPup version 3.1.4; A project of Inpsyde GmbH
    [INFO] WordPress version
   4.2.2 [INFO] Blog url: [http://christinesalter.com/](http://christinesalter.com/)[
   INFO] BackWPup job: File Backup Only; FILE [INFO] BackWPup no automatic job start
   configured [INFO] BackWPup job started manually [INFO] PHP ver.: 5.2.17 (32bit);
   cgi-fcgi; Linux [INFO] Maximum PHP script execution time is 30 seconds [INFO]
   Script restart time is configured to 30 seconds [INFO] MySQL ver.: 5.0.96-log[
   INFO] Web Server: Apache [INFO] curl ver.: 7.19.7; NSS/3.13.1.0 [INFO] Temp folder
   is: /home/content/54/8219054/html/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-ed67e3-temp/ [INFO]
   Logfile is: /home/content/54/8219054/html/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-ed67e3-
   logs/backwpup_log_ed67e3_2015-07-08_02-11-45.html [INFO] Backup type is: archive[
   INFO] Backup file is: /home/content/54/8219054/html/wp-content/uploads/backwpup-
   ed67e3-backups/filesonly-backwpup_ed67e3_2015-07-08.zip [08-Jul-2015 02:11:45]
   1. Trying to make a list of folders to back up … [08-Jul-2015 02:12:30] WARNING:
   Folder “/home/content/54/8219054/html/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/
   root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/
   self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/
   30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/
   5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/
   proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/
   task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/1/task/1/fd” is not readable! [08-Jul-2015 02:12:
   30] WARNING: Folder “/home/content/54/8219054/html/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/
   fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/
   root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/
   self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/
   30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/
   5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/
   proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/1/task/1/fdinfo” is not readable! [08-
   Jul-2015 02:12:30] WARNING: Folder “/home/content/54/8219054/html/sym/root/proc/
   self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/
   30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/
   5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/
   proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/
   task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/
   fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/1/task/1/ns” is not readable![
   08-Jul-2015 02:12:30] WARNING: Folder “/home/content/54/8219054/html/sym/root/
   proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/
   task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/
   fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/
   root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/
   self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/
   30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/self/task/30961/fd/5/sym/root/proc/1/fd” is not readable!
 * Thank you in advance
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-file-not-readable/#post-6307103)
 * Please try to exclude that folder from backup.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-file-not-readable/#post-6307103)
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