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Backup and Migrate IMAP Email Accounts
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Characters issue on Windows with path and passwords (incl. workaround) #122

Closed graphcon closed 2 years ago

graphcon commented 2 years ago

Description

If I want to modify backup path under Windows, I have to double backslashes.

Steps to reproduce

  1. In account menu, type 3 (modify backup path)
  2. Copy and paste backup path from Explorer, e.g. d:\backup\imap-backup\xxx\
  3. Hit enter
  4. See path be like: dackupimap-backupxxxfolders
  5. Type 3 again
  6. Modify path to double backslashes: d:\backup\imap-backup\xxx\
  7. Hit enter
  8. See path be like: d:\backup\imap-backup\xxx\

Workaround

Steps 5 through 8 are actually a workaround.

AddOn

When I try to add a password, the same tool says passwords don't match when I copy/paste my password. I suppose it has issues with special characters in my password (like backslash, pipe, etc.). Workaround to this: edit config.json ;)

joeyates commented 2 years ago

Hi @graphcon, thanks for opening the issue.

I've release version 6.0.0 with a fix for this.

The problem with '\' in paths should now be resolved, please try it out and let me know.

That said, I have been unable to replicate the problem with passwords. If you continue to see the problem, please open a specific issue, thanks!