# Issue backing up files and directories in Linux when directory ends in .d
**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/issue-backing-up-files-and-directories-in-linux-when-directory-ends-in-d/22601
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 5, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/issue-backing-up-files-and-directories-in-linux-when-directory-ends-in-d/22601 "2026-08-05T18:20:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@randallb](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/randallb)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/issue-backing-up-files-and-directories-in-linux-when-directory-ends-in-d/22601/1 "2026-08-05T18:20:02Z")
OS: RHEL 10.2
When backing up similarly named files and directories, I only get the file, not the other directory and sub files/directories.
Example:
/etc/ssh/sshd\_config.d/
/etc/ssh/sshd\_config
My backup only has /etc/ssh/sshd\_config. If I remove /etc/ssh/sshd\_config from the backup source data list, I then get the files/directories under /etc/ssh/sshd\_config.d/ properly. It seems that the “.d” is causing confusion in the backup routine if the file without it exists.
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### Author:  [@f1assistance](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/f1assistance)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/issue-backing-up-files-and-directories-in-linux-when-directory-ends-in-d/22601/2 "2026-08-06T08:51:16Z")
Look into the use and placement of the wildcard character “\*” applied in Filters of the Source data.
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### Author:  [@randallb](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/randallb)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/issue-backing-up-files-and-directories-in-linux-when-directory-ends-in-d/22601/3 "2026-08-06T12:24:36Z")
Thank you - I will try to see what Duplicati does. The problem is that these are explicitly defined and not wild card defined items. I am trying to backup the file sshd\_config and folder sshd\_config.d without wild cards which is failing. I am thinking that the .d is causing a problem in how Duplicati coded it which can cause further issues that are not easily observed.
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### Author:  [@ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/ts678)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/issue-backing-up-files-and-directories-in-linux-when-directory-ends-in-d/22601/4 "2026-08-19T17:20:32Z")
[Files/folders not being backed up when selected together](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/files-folders-not-being-backed-up-when-selected-together/22627)
was another report with cause suspect and issue opened:
[backup quietly skips source folder if path start is also a source file #7189](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/issues/7189)
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### Author:  [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/issue-backing-up-files-and-directories-in-linux-when-directory-ends-in-d/22601/5 "2026-08-20T12:58:25Z")
> [@ts678](#):
>
> backup quietly skips source folder if path start is also a source file #7189
Thanks for reporting.
A fix will be in next canary:
>
>
> The code that checks for multiple inclusions of the same sub-folder was not veri…fying that the source was actually a folder.
>
> When including a file AND a folder that were similar, the file path would be treated as a folder that includes the folder, and the folder would be omitted.
>
> This fixes #7189
> [@randallb](#):
>
> The problem is that these are explicitly defined and not wild card defined items.
The problem was the duplicate-path detection logic, it was designed to capture this
```plaintext
/etc/ssh/ <- folder
/etc/ssh/stuff/ <- folder
```
Here, there is no need to include `/etc/ssh/stuff`. The problem is this setup:
```plaintext
/etc/ssh <- file
/etc/ssh/stuff/ <- folder
```
This triggers the same logic, but naturally `/etc/ssh/stuff` cannot be inside the file, so it should not be removed from the source list.
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### Author:  [@randallb](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/randallb)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/issue-backing-up-files-and-directories-in-linux-when-directory-ends-in-d/22601/6 "2026-08-20T15:11:24Z")
Thank you for looking at this. I appreciate it!