===== [V7] ISSUE: Cannot backup files and folders on Google Drive with name containing underscore character ===== Article ID: 5355
Reviewed: 2018-09-26

Product Version:
AhsayOBM: Pre-7.17.0.30
OS: Windows ATTENTION 1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details] ===== Problem Description ===== When performing a Cloud File backup for data on Google Drive, the following error message is displayed on the backup client interface, or in the backup report:

Note: This issue will only affect files and folders on Google Drive with name containing underscore ( _ ) (also called underline) character.
No. Type Timestamp Log
* info ... Start [ Windows platforms (computer), AhsayOBM pre-7.17.0.30 ]
* ... ... ...
* info ... Finished running pre-commands
* erro YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss [New File] File="backup_source/path_with_slash_character" Error="com.ahsay.
afc.bfs.cloud.o: [CloudFileSystem.createFile] Parent directory 'backup_source
/path_with_slash_character' does not existrn at com.ahsay.afc.bfs.cloud.y.a
(Unknown Source)rn at com.ahsay.afc.bfs.cloud.v.a(Unknown Source)rn at com.
ahsay.cloudbacko.pc.a(Unknown Source)rn at com.ahsay.cloudbacko.pc.a(Unknown
Source)rn at com.ahsay.afc.bfs.cloud.v.a(Unknown Source)rn at com.ahsay.obx.
core.backup.file.d.a(Unknown Source)rn at com.ahsay.obx.core.backup.file.L.
run(Unknown Source)rn at com.ahsay.afc.util.h$1.run(Unknown Source)rn at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)rn at java.
util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)rn at java.
lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)rn"
* ... ... ...
===== Cause ===== This is a known issue with AhsayCBS / AhsayOBM version pre-7.17.0.30.

For files and folders on Google Drive with name containing any underscore ( _ ) (also called underline) character, for example:

name_with_underscore

The underscore ( _ ) characters are returned as slash ( / ) characters (which are incorrectly interpret as path separator):

name/with/underscore ===== Resolution ===== To resolve the issue, patch the AhsayCBS / AhsayOBM application to version 7.17.0.30 or above.  The instructions can be found by

Upgrade Instruction for AhsayCBS
Upgrade Instruction for AhsayOBM / ACB ===== Keywords ===== cloud, file, google, drive, underscore, _, underline, cbs, obm