Issue with Multiple periods in file name during backup #2307
Description
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I recently installed BackInTime, from my Linux Mint 22.2 package repository, and tried creating a snapshot of a folder from one local drive to another local drive. The backup snapshot appeared to work, but I noticed that two of the seven files were not in the backup file directory and they did not appear in the log either.
The two files that did not get copied had more than one period in the file name. These were the ones that did not get backed up.
LastPass.backup.kdbx
NewDatabase.backup.kdbx
I was not able to find this as an existing issue.
The output from my diagnostics command follows
{
"backintime": {
"name": "Back In Time",
"version": "1.4.3",
"latest-config-version": 6,
"local-config-file": "/home/UsernameReplaced/.config/backintime/config",
"local-config-file-found": true,
"global-config-file": "/etc/backintime/config",
"global-config-file-found": false,
"started-from": "/usr/share/backintime/common",
"running-as-root": false,
"user-callback": "/home/UsernameReplaced/.config/backintime/user-callback",
"keyring-supported": true
},
"host-setup": {
"platform": "Linux-6.14.0-36-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39",
"system": "Linux #36~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Oct 15 15:45:17 UTC 2",
"OS": {
"/etc/os-release": "Linux Mint 22.2",
"/etc/lsb-release": "DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint\nDISTRIB_RELEASE=22.2\nDISTRIB_CODENAME=zara\nDISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=\"Linux Mint 22.2 Zara\"\n",
"/etc/debian_version": "trixie/sid\n"
},
"display-system": "x11",
"locale": "en_US, UTF-8",
"PATH": "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin",
"RSYNC_OLD_ARGS": "(not set)",
"RSYNC_PROTECT_ARGS": "(not set)"
},
"python-setup": {
"python": "3.12.3 main Nov 6 2025 13:44:16 CPython GCC 13.3.0",
"python-executable": "/usr/bin/python3",
"python-executable-symlink": true,
"python-executable-resolved": "/usr/bin/python3.12",
"sys.path": [
"/usr/share/backintime/qt/plugins",
"/usr/share/backintime/common/plugins",
"/usr/share/backintime/plugins",
"/usr/share/backintime/common",
"/usr/lib/python312.zip",
"/usr/lib/python3.12",
"/usr/lib/python3.12/lib-dynload",
"/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages",
"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages",
"/usr/lib/python3.12/dist-packages"
],
"qt": {
"Version": "PyQt 5.15.10 / Qt 5.15.13",
"Theme": "Mint-Y-Purple",
"Theme Search Paths": [
"/home/UsernameReplaced/.icons",
"/home/UsernameReplaced/.local/share/icons",
"/usr/share/cinnamon/icons",
"/home/UsernameReplaced/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/icons",
"/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/icons",
"/usr/share/icons",
":/icons"
],
"Fallback Theme": "",
"Fallback Search Paths": []
}
},
"external-programs": {
"rsync": {
"version": "3.2.7",
"protocol": "31.0",
"capabilities": {
"file_bits": 64,
"inum_bits": 64,
"timestamp_bits": 64,
"long_int_bits": 64,
"socketpairs": true,
"symlinks": true,
"symtimes": true,
"hardlinks": true,
"hardlink_specials": true,
"hardlink_symlinks": true,
"IPv6": true,
"atimes": true,
"batchfiles": true,
"inplace": true,
"append": true,
"ACLs": true,
"xattrs": true,
"secluded_args": "optional",
"iconv": true,
"prealloc": true,
"stop_at": true,
"crtimes": false
},
"optimizations": {
"SIMD_roll": true,
"asm_roll": false,
"openssl_crypto": true,
"asm_MD5": false
},
"checksum_list": [
"xxh128",
"xxh3",
"xxh64",
"md5",
"md4",
"sha1",
"none"
],
"compress_list": [
"zstd",
"lz4",
"zlibx",
"zlib",
"none"
],
"daemon_auth_list": [
"sha512",
"sha256",
"sha1",
"md5",
"md4"
]
},
"ssh": "OpenSSH_9.6p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu13.14, OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024",
"sshfs": "(no sshfs)",
"encfs": "(no encfs)",
"shell": "/bin/bash",
"shell-version": "GNU bash, version 5.2.21(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)"
}
}