diff -ruN e-smith-backup-2.2.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup e-smith-backup-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup
--- e-smith-backup-2.2.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2011-06-14 21:34:02.000000000 +0100
+++ e-smith-backup-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2011-06-14 21:35:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -1493,6 +1493,7 @@
 	}
     if ($backupwkFolder =~ /^(.*)$/) {
         $backupwkFolder = $1;
+        mkdir "/$backupwkFolder";
 	$backupwkFolder =~ s/^\//; # remove leading /
     } else {
         $backupwkFolder = "";