I tried the module today and find it difficult to see if I put my pear in the right way. Please, either improve the sentence in the readme or include some test that checks that.

Thanks!

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Steve Lockwood commented

If pear is installed wrongly you will get a program error when you try to run the backup.

I intend to make some changes to the module so it will tell you if pear is not properly installed and also make it easier to install.

At present, it works this way:
- pear is often installed in php systems - if it is everything should be OK
- if you need to download the pear package you need to install it so that PEAR.php is in the same directory as the module, i.e. {basepath}/sites/all/modules/backup_files/PEAR.php (this is not very elegant and I plan to change it)

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Steve Lockwood commented
Status: Active » Fixed

I have released a new version which checks whether Pear has been found (and does not let you start a backup unless PEAR.php and Tar.php have been found). It also tells you where to get it from if you need to download it.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.