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...f I tell xfsdump to backup a directory which does or DOES NOT exist, it always complains that it does not exist. I just wondered if anyone ran into this error situation never and knew what the sharp spot is I am running up against. Here is one of the syntax's I have tried... xfsdump -e -F -f /ext_backup/cirlnx01/pdoxdata -L $STAMP"PDoxData" -l 0 -v 5 /srv/shares/pdoxdata/ where /ext_backup/ is the mount point for an external USB/FireWire HDD cirlnx01 is a dir on the HDD, and pdoxdata would be a backup file. /srv/shares/ is a dir I create the Samba shares in, looking to backup the pdoxd...