Title: Two issues with latest update Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Two issues with latest update * Resolved [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * (@sephage) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/) * Hi and thanks for the excellent plugin! * The latest update oauth changes have got it working on my website again, which is awesome. But I’ve noticed two odd things happening in this version: * 1) some large files don’t ,make it into the correct subdirectories on the dropbox side. Instead, they have the subdir name appended ton the front of the filename. E.g., subdirBigfile.mp3 * 2) the plugin seems to be backing up and overwriting every file every backup, rather than just copying over changed files, so it’s taking 3 to 4 hours to backup the site every night (about 1.5 GB worth of files). * Any thoughts? * Thanks! * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Contributor [Michael De Wildt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeldewildt/) * (@michaeldewildt) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225624) * 1) Really? Thats odd. What was the file path on your server and what does it look like on Dropbox? * 2) Ill do some regression testing to see if this is happening for me. * Thread Starter [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * (@sephage) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225625) * 1) yeah, I know. Some of then files are in a subdir off the top level directory titled audio, and they got put into the root / home directory with “audio” appended to the beginning of the filename instead of being copied to the audio directory on the drop box side. If I had to guess, I’d say that might have something to do with how a dir list got parsed and what characters are used to recognize or write those (e.g., “/”, etc.) But I’ve not taken a gander at the code so that’s only a guess. * 2) thanks! * Plugin Contributor [Michael De Wildt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeldewildt/) * (@michaeldewildt) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225627) * What is the difference in size between the two files? * Plugin Contributor [Michael De Wildt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeldewildt/) * (@michaeldewildt) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225628) * I just pushed a fix for #2. if you delete and re-install you should get it. * Thread Starter [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * (@sephage) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225629) * No diff between the file sizes that I can discern, and they’ve not been changed I’m some cases for over a year. In fact, one of the files this is happening with are the SQL dumps created by this plugin, which are in the backups dir on the server but one level up in wp-content on drop box, with “backups” appended to the beginning of the filename. * For #2, thanks, I’ll have to give that a go tomorrow when I’m back in front of a proper PC. * Thread Starter [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * (@sephage) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225632) * Ok, confirmed it’s no longer overwriting everything every time, thanks! * As for the odd issue with the names, that is still happening, and it is happening for the SQL dumps every time now (they get put into the /wp-content dir on Dropbox instead of in the /wp-content/backups dir). Additionally, the SQL dump for the plugins seems quite small to me, about 1/2 the normal size (usually around 73 MB now about 35 mb). * Thread Starter [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * (@sephage) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225635) * An update, the plugins SQL dump is not only half the size it should be, but now I’m getting errors that it failed to copy, as if it might still be open? * Error uploading ‘/htdocs/wp-content/backups/XXXXXXXXX-backup-plugins.sql’ to Dropbox: Submitted input out of alignment: got [29360128] expected [26512199]( Status Code: 400) * Thread Starter [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * (@sephage) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225636) * Sorry for the flurry of updates but had a few mins to test it out today, and from what I can see, I’ve no idea why the incorrect naming issue is happening on the SQL dumps, but I can just about confirm that the issues with the plugin SQL dump is due to the fact that the dump gets copied over to drop box before the SQL dump is complete. So, sometimes out copies over an incomplete dump file, sometimes it creates an error instead, but I see based on changing file size via ftp that the dump file is still being written to when the copy to dropbox kicks off. Might need a check on completion of the SQL dump, or some kind of wait period before copying? I hadn’t noticed it before because when it was overwriting files on the drop box side there was plenty of time for the SQL dumps to complete, I think. * Plugin Contributor [Michael De Wildt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeldewildt/) * (@michaeldewildt) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225637) * Thanks for the info. * I have managed to replicate the issue and its an odd one indeed. I will be releasing a bug fix v1.4.1 soon. * Cheers, Mikey * Thread Starter [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * (@sephage) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225638) * Thanks! Were you talking about the naming issue, the copying of the plugins SQL dump, or both? Cheers! * Plugin Contributor [Michael De Wildt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeldewildt/) * (@michaeldewildt) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225639) * Both 🙂 * Thread Starter [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * (@sephage) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225641) * Cool. It’s back to overwriting every file, by the way. That might be a server config thing, I’m on Zippykid and their config breaks all kinds of plugins I’ve found. But the 4 hours it took to copy all the content to drop box gave the sqlmdump plenty of time to complete 🙂 . In any case, thanks and I’ll be anxiously awaiting the next round of fixes. * Plugin Contributor [Michael De Wildt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeldewildt/) * (@michaeldewildt) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225642) * I just released 1.4.1 that resolves a few issues. * Cheers, Mikey * Thread Starter [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * (@sephage) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225643) * Thanks. Installed and tested. Neither the incorrect naming/dir issue or the incomplete SQL dump issue have been fixed, both ate exhibiting the same behavior as in your previous version. * 1) The SQL dumps are still copied from backups dir on the server to wp-content dir on drop box, with “backups” appended to the beginning of the file name. * 2) The plugins SQL dump is not complete when copied, so only a partial dump is sent to drop box and then the file is deleted from the server. * Is there any way to isolate the SQL dump code that you use, so I could run it separately as php to test how long the plugin db dump portion needs to execute a full dump? Mine is a bit large, probably over 80 mb, I suspect it’s taking a long time also due to the config at Zippykid which is not at all standard. It’s worth noting that most SQL dumps on ZK don’t work, so yours is already far ahead of the game! * Thanks! * Plugin Contributor [Michael De Wildt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaeldewildt/) * (@michaeldewildt) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/#post-3225644) * I found the issue! * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/core-sql-dump-uploaded-in-wp-content-instead-of-wp-contentbackups](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/core-sql-dump-uploaded-in-wp-content-instead-of-wp-contentbackups) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Two issues with latest update’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox_ffffff. svg) * [WordPress Backup to Dropbox](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/reviews/) * 17 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [sephage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sephage/) * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-issues-with-latest-update/page/2/#post-3225646) * Status: resolved