Index: wp-db-backup.php
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--- wp-db-backup.php	(revision 3188)
+++ wp-db-backup.php	(working copy)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 $rand = substr( md5( md5( DB_PASSWORD ) ), -5 );
 
-define('WP_BACKUP_DIR', 'wp-content/backup-' . $rand);
+define('WP_BACKUP_DIR', 'wp-content/backup/' . $rand);
 
 define('ROWS_PER_SEGMENT', 100);
 
@@ -739,13 +739,14 @@
 			if ( @ mkdir( ABSPATH . $this->backup_dir) ) {
 				@ chmod( ABSPATH . $this->backup_dir, $dir_perms);
 			} else {
-				echo '<div class="updated error"><p align="center">' . __('WARNING: Your wp-content directory is <strong>NOT</strong> writable! We can not create the backup directory.', 'wp-db-backup') . '<br />' . ABSPATH . "</p></div>";
+				echo '<div class="updated error"><p align="center">' . __('WARNING: Your <code>/wp-content/backup/</code> directory is <strong>NOT</strong> writable! We cannot create the backup directory:', 'wp-db-backup') . '<br />' . ABSPATH . WP_BACKUP_DIR . "</p></div>";
+				die();
 			$WHOOPS = TRUE;
 			}
 		}
 		
 		if ( !is_writable( ABSPATH . $this->backup_dir) ) {
-			echo '<div class="updated error"><p align="center">' . __('WARNING: Your backup directory is <strong>NOT</strong> writable! We can not create the backup directory.', 'wp-db-backup') . '<br />' . ABSPATH . "</p></div>";
+			echo '<div class="updated error"><p align="center">' . __('WARNING: Your backup directory is <strong>NOT</strong> writable! We cannot create the backup directory:', 'wp-db-backup') . '<br />' . ABSPATH . WP_BACKUP_DIR . "</p></div>";
 		}
 
 		if ( !file_exists( ABSPATH . $this->backup_dir . 'index.php') ) {
@@ -880,4 +881,4 @@
 
 $mywpdbbackup = new wpdbBackup();
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>