[robweber]

I'm not sure I completely understand but I'm sure the zip file is being downloaded from my FTP server to the local drive. Hope this helps.

According to the log I don't think the file is being copied. This isn't a full debug log so it's hard to know for sure but I'm not seeing any messaging after the file copy has started. There are a bunch of pydrive errors. This is interesting since you aren't using Google Drive but the class must allocate upon start anyway. Since you're on Android this might be a Python 2.6 issue again. I tried to fix these as maybe these errors are stopping the whole program from running. Try this branch and see if you get different results: https://github.com/robweber/xbmcbackup/tree/pydrive_fix

I hope someone can help me with a minor issue i have with notifications. I use this addon to backup Kodi to my NAS at 3pm daily, sometimes my NAS isnt online and the backup starts and the first notification is "gathering file lists...". Problem is with my NAS being offline this notification doesnt disappear and i cant figure out how to make it disappear without a reboot.

Any ideas on how to stop this notification appearing when my NAS is offline?

Make sure your NAS is on or don't start a backup.

In all seriousness though I think the file write IO is probably hanging. Even though the message says "gathering files" there is actually a very small write operation trying to hit the remote store at that time as well. It is trying to create the backup folder and validation file. This operation is handed off to the xbmcvfs python module, which could very well just hang as the store isn't available. A debug log would probably show more info if I was to try and fix this particular problem.

I have used backup to create a full backup of kodi. i then transfer that file onto a usb stick. i install the same version of kodi on another device, but same model. run the backup addon to restore. everything goes as it should but i get errors on everything. none of my addons work and it says restore failed check log for more info. where do i find this log and i will post it here?

http://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Easy

Rob, been using Backup addon installed via Leopold's "OpenELEC Dev Update" program addon for a while without problems but recently it stopped working.

I believe I have Backup Version 1.0.5 installed and backup is currently not working stating error check log.

I initially posted information with link to kodi log file in this post

Any help appreciated, already tried to simply remove and re-install backup addon but kodi advises me that I cannot do this as its linked to Leopold addon

I see on that thread you have fixed this issue already, is that right? The error you posted had something to do with a file not existing.