From c8bb7bd312c8cad7e49c92e9c18a9979f2e9218f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Eischer <michael.eischer@fau.de>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:23:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] backup: do not fail backup is some parent folder is
 inaccessible

Handle errors for parent directories of backup directories in the same
way as all other file access errors during a backup.
---
 internal/archiver/archiver.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/archiver/archiver.go b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
index e509f9f85..981b1fecc 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/archiver.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
@@ -723,8 +723,14 @@ func (arch *Archiver) saveTree(ctx context.Context, snPath string, atree *tree,
 			arch.trackItem(snItem, oldNode, n, is, time.Since(start))
 		})
 		if err != nil {
+			err = arch.error(join(snPath, name), err)
+			if err == nil {
+				// ignore error
+				continue
+			}
 			return futureNode{}, 0, err
 		}
+
 		nodes = append(nodes, fn)
 	}