file stat bug (infinite loop) in 2.0.4?

Robert Haskins <rhaskins-X6DOoJyBSnRWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:01:07 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.hdup.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
When I run a backup on a system where I specify a nonexistent directory 
to backup, hdup-2.0.4 seems tp go into an infinite loop:

[backup@hdup-server backup]$ ssh client sudo /usr/sbin/hdup weekly 
client @[email protected]
/usr/sbin/hdup: client: STARTING BACKUP.
/usr/sbin/hdup: WARNING: Cannot stat: /var/bak!
/usr/sbin/hdup: WARNING: Cannot stat: /var/bak!
/usr/sbin/hdup: WARNING: Cannot stat: /var/bak!
...continues...

Of course, creating the directory causes the "warning" to go away. This 
is a reasonable error to make, and hdup shouldn't go into an infinite loop!