# Unable to restore to Linux a Windows based backup file

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-restore-to-linux-a-windows-based-backup-file/3718>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 8, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-restore-to-linux-a-windows-based-backup-file/3718 "2011-12-08T00:23:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![alanb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alanb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alanb)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-restore-to-linux-a-windows-based-backup-file/3718/1 "2011-12-08T00:23:30Z")

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There is a bug in the Backup/Restore functionality across different operating systems.

I had a strange problem where Ignition was working fine on Linux, until I restored a project that was originally from a Windows host. When I rebooted the Linux machine, Ignition would not start. Starting Ignition from the console, I noticed references to the Windows file system “C:\Program Files” etc.

To correct, I needed to update the ignition.conf file and change the following lines:  
wrapper.java.additional.6=-Ddata.dir=“C:\Program Files\Inductive Automation\Ignition/data”  
wrapper.logfile=C:\Program Files\Inductive Automation\Ignition/logs\wrapper.log

to

wrapper.java.additional.6=-Ddata.dir="/var/lib/ignition/data"  
wrapper.logfile=/var/log/ignition/wrapper.log

I hope this information helps others.

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-restore-to-linux-a-windows-based-backup-file/3718/2 "2011-12-08T00:34:01Z")

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Good catch. It is actually a bug that has been fixed in 7.3.2 which is up now.