# create backup dir, the vroot variable will be empty if no vsname was specified
# and will proceed to operate on the host
[ -d $vroot$backupdir ] || (debug "mkdir -p $vroot$backupdir"; mkdir -p $vroot$backupdir)
-[ -d $vroot$backupdir ] || fatal "Backup directory '$vroot$backupdir'"
+[ -d $vroot$backupdir ] || fatal "Backup directory '$vroot$backupdir' does not exist, and could not be created."
# give backup dir the good uid and permissions
# (in respect to the vserver, if $usevserver = yes)