v0.11.4

.changes/v0.11.4.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## v0.11.4 - 2026-02-01
+### Changed
+* Command.[name].output.file: now appends correctly to the beginning of file in an absolute path

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html),
 and is generated by [Changie](https://github.com/miniscruff/changie).
 
 
+## v0.11.4 - 2026-02-01
+### Changed
+* Command.[name].output.file: now appends correctly to the beginning of file in an absolute path
+
 ## v0.11.3 - 2026-01-31
 ### Added
 * Command: saveShellHistory for scriptFile commands over SSH

cmd/version.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const versionStr = "0.11.3"
+const versionStr = "0.11.4"
 
 var (
 	versionCmd = &cobra.Command{

pkg/backy/ssh.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -473,8 +474,14 @@ func (command *Command) RunCmdOnHost(cmdCtxLogger zerolog.Logger, opts *ConfigOp
 	// Set output writers
 	var file *os.File
 	if !IsHostLocal(command.Host) && command.Output.File != "" {
+		if filepath.IsAbs(command.Output.File) {
+			fileName := filepath.Base(command.Output.File)
+			fileName = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", command.RemoteHost.Host, fileName)
+			command.Output.File = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(command.Output.File), fileName)
+		} else {
 			command.Output.File = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", command.RemoteHost.Host, command.Output.File)
 		}
+	}
 
 	cmdOutWriters, file, err = makeCmdOutWriters(&cmdOutBuf, command.Output.File)
 	if err != nil {