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Public bug reported:

I am trying xtrabackup on empty box:

[root@backup1 percona]# xtrabackup --prepare --target-dir=/mnt/san1/backup/ 
xtrabackup: Error: Please set parameter 'datadir'

But I can start as:
[root@backup1 percona]# xtrabackup --prepare --target-dir=/mnt/san1/backup/ --datadir=/mnt/san1/backup

Question, why do I need to have datadir option ?

** Affects: percona-xtrabackup
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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why do I need datadir ?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368945
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Status in Open source backup tool for InnoDB and XtraDB: New

Bug description:
I am trying xtrabackup on empty box:

[root@backup1 percona]# xtrabackup --prepare --target-dir=/mnt/san1/backup/ 
xtrabackup: Error: Please set parameter 'datadir'

But I can start as:
[root@backup1 percona]# xtrabackup --prepare --target-dir=/mnt/san1/backup/ --datadir=/mnt/san1/backup

Question, why do I need to have datadir option ?