diff -urN e-smith-backup-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup e-smith-backup-2.2.0.new/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup
--- e-smith-backup-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2010-02-10 00:19:34.000000000 +1100
+++ e-smith-backup-2.2.0.new/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2010-02-10 00:23:23.000000000 +1100
@@ -1494,6 +1494,7 @@
     if ($backupwkFolder =~ /^(.*)$/) {
         $backupwkFolder = $1;
 	$backupwkFolder =~ s/^\//; # remove leading /
+        mkdir "/$backupwkFolder";
     } else {
         $backupwkFolder = "";
     }