Title: Link warning while backup
Last modified: May 31, 2017

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# Link warning while backup

 *  Resolved [agitana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agitana/)
 * (@agitana)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-warning-while-backup/)
 * Hi there,
 * i made a backup and received the following warning:
 * WARNUNG: Link „/mnt/web216/b1/43/51309343/htdocs/XXX/wp-content/db.php“ wird 
   nicht gefolgt (english: “not been followed” i guess :))
 * The backup itself went fine, just this warning.
 * Can i ignore this warning?
 * Thank you

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Brandon Olivares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/)
 * (@cocreation)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-warning-while-backup/#post-9184247)
 * Yes you can ignore it. It just means that your db.php is a link to another path
   and won’t itself be backed up. It is no problem and your backups will be normal.

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