# target-dir option is being ignored

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/target-dir-option-is-being-ignored/6510>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [August 15, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/target-dir-option-is-being-ignored/6510 "2018-08-15T04:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![harika\_gorthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed8c4c/32.png) [@harika\_gorthy](https://forums.percona.com/u/harika_gorthy)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/target-dir-option-is-being-ignored/6510/1 "2018-08-15T04:38:22Z")

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when i give the follwoing command  
xtrabackup --user=xbackup --password=backup -S /mysql/gopz/mysql-5.7.22-linux-glibc2.12-x86\_64/3306.sock --backup -target-dir=/mysql/backup/ --datadir=/mysql/gopz/data1

the backup is happening successfully the backup files are bring generated at a completely different location (not the one specified but instead backup files are being generated in /dbdata/mysql/xtrabackup\_backupfiles/xtrabackup\_backupfiles ,can anyone help me understand what im doing wrong

180815 15:31:40 [00] Writing /dbdata/mysql/xtrabackup\_backupfiles/xtrabackup\_backupfiles/backup-my.cnf  
180815 15:31:40 [00] …done  
180815 15:31:40 [00] Writing /dbdata/mysql/xtrabackup\_backupfiles/xtrabackup\_backupfiles/xtrabackup\_info  
180815 15:31:40 [00] …done  
xtrabackup: Transaction log of lsn (2597071) to (2597080) was copied.

180815 15:31:40 completed OK!