alekdavis
commented
2 years ago You need to escape all backslash characters with another backslash character, e.g. F:\App Backups\PlexBackup should be F:\\App Backups\\PlexBackup. You can use https://jsonformatter.org/ to validate JSON.
nitsydes
Getting the below, any help greatly appreciated. Apologies I am new to all this so if school boy error my bad
Cannot import run-time settings from configuration file 'F:\App Backups\PlexBackup\PlexBackup.ps1.json'. Unrecognized escape sequence. (745): { "_meta": { "version": "1.0", "strict": false, "description": "Sample run-time settings for the PlexBackup.ps1 script." }, "Mode": { "_meta": { "set": "Backup,Continue,Restore", "default": "Backup" }, "value": null }, "Type": { "_meta": { "set": ",7zip,Robocopy", "default": "" }, "value": null }, "PlexAppDataDir": { "_meta": { "default": "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Plex Media Server" }, "value": null }, "BackupRootDir": { "_meta": { "default": "$PSScriptRoot" }, "value": "F:\App Backups\PlexBackup" }, "BackupDir": { "_meta": { "default": null }, "value": null }, "TempDir": { "_meta": { "default": "$env:TEMP" }, "hasValue": true, "value": null }, "WakeUpDir": { "_meta": { "default": null }, "value": null }, "ArchiverPath": { "_meta": { "default": "$env:ProgramFiles\7-Zip\7z.exe" }, "value": null }, "Quiet": { "value": null }, "LogLevel": { "_meta": { "default": "None,Error,Warning,Info,Debug" }, "value": null }, "Log": { "value": true }, "LogFile": { "value": null }, "ErrorLog": { "value": null }, "ErrorLogFile": { "value": null }, "Keep": { "_meta": { "range": "0-[int]::MaxValue", "default": "3" }, "value": null }, "Retries": { "_meta": { "range": "0-[int]::MaxValue", "default": "5" }, "value": null }, "RetryWaitSec": { "_meta": { "range": "0-[int]::MaxValue", "default": "10" }, "value": null }, "RawOutput": { "value": null }, "Inactive": { "value": null }, "NoRestart": { "value": null }, "NoSingleton": { "value": null }, "NoVersion": { "value": null }, "NoLogo": { "value": null }, "Test": { "value": false }, "SendMail": { "_meta": { "set": "Never,Always,OnError,OnSuccess,OnBackup,OnBackupError,OnBackupSuccess,OnRestore,OnRestoreError,OnRestoreSuccess", "default": "Never" }, "value": null }, "SmtpServer": { "value": "smtp.gmail.com" }, "Port": { "_meta": { "range": "0-[int]::MaxValue", "default": "0" }, "value": 587 }, "From": { "value": null }, "To": { "value": null }, "NoSsl": { "value": null }, "CredentialFile": { "value": null }, "NoCredential": { "value": null }, "Anonymous": { "value": null }, "SendLogFile": { "_meta": { "set": "Never,OnError,OnSuccess,Always", "default": "Never" }, "value": "OnError" }, "Logoff": { "value": null }, "Reboot": { "value": null }, "ForceReboot": { "value": null }, "ExcludeDirs": { "_meta": { "default": ["Diagnostics","Crash Reports","Updates","Logs"] }, "value": null }, "ExcludeFiles": { "_meta": { "default": ["*.bif"] }, "value": null }, "SpecialDirs": { "_meta": { "default": ["Plug-in Support\Data\com.plexapp.system\DataItems\Deactivated"] }, "value": null }, "PlexServiceName": { "_meta": { "default": "^Plex" }, "hasValue": false, "value": null }, "PlexServerFileName": { "_meta": { "default": "Plex Media Server.exe" }, "value": null }, "PlexServerPath": { "value": null }, "ArchiverOptionsCompress": { "_meta": { "comment": "The default options will always be applied. To include additional options, define them as an array.", "default": ["-r","-y"] }, "value": null }, "ArchiverOptionsExpand": { "_meta": { "comment": "The default options will always be applied. To include additional options, define them as an array.", "default": ["-aoa","-y"] }, "value": null } }