diff --git a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 4c554bb6c16a3605629c69844560f56866c14fa2..48012ef0a9a0fef3c8ef0f2c0b531091dd8337cf 100644
--- a/doc/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/doc/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Release 0.10 (03/11/2016)
 =============================
 
 - Added dm-list-daqs and dm-list-uploads commands
+- Resolved issue with newly created directories treated as files for 
+  real-time data acquisitions
 
 Release 0.9 (02/25/2016)
 =============================
diff --git a/sbin/dm_backup.sh b/sbin/dm_backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b73ffc6f3fd41c0ada37df649f8e1d5fcfc42a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbin/dm_backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Script used for backing up DM database + web app
+# Deployment configuration can be set in etc/$DM_DM_DB_NAME.deploy.conf file
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+# $0 [DM_DB_NAME [DM_BACKUP_DIR]]
+#
+
+DM_DB_NAME=dm
+DM_DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+DM_DB_PORT=11136
+DM_DB_ADMIN_USER=postgres
+DM_DB_ADMIN_PASSWORD=
+
+CURRENT_DIR=`pwd`
+MY_DIR=`dirname $0` && cd $MY_DIR && MY_DIR=`pwd`
+cd $CURRENT_DIR
+if [ -z "${DM_ROOT_DIR}" ]; then
+    DM_ROOT_DIR=$MY_DIR/..
+fi
+DM_SQL_DIR=$DM_ROOT_DIR/db/sql/dm
+DM_ENV_FILE=${DM_ROOT_DIR}/setup.sh
+if [ ! -f ${DM_ENV_FILE} ]; then
+    echo "Environment file ${DM_ENV_FILE} does not exist." 
+    exit 2
+fi
+. ${DM_ENV_FILE} > /dev/null 
+
+# Use first argument as db name, if provided
+if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
+    DM_DB_NAME=$1
+fi
+echo "Backing up $DM_DB_NAME"
+
+# Look for deployment file in etc directory, and use it to override
+# default entries
+deployConfigFile=$DM_ROOT_DIR/etc/${DM_DB_NAME}.deploy.conf
+if [ -f $deployConfigFile ]; then
+    echo "Using deployment config file: $deployConfigFile"
+    . $deployConfigFile
+else
+    echo "Deployment config file $deployConfigFile not found, using defaults"
+fi
+
+# Determine run directory
+if [ -z "${DM_INSTALL_DIR}" ]; then
+    DM_INSTALL_DIR=$DM_ROOT_DIR/..
+fi
+
+# Second argument overrides directory with db population scripts
+#timestamp=`date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S`
+timestamp=`date +%Y%m%d`
+DM_BACKUP_DIR=$2
+if [ -z $DM_BACKUP_DIR ]; then
+    DM_BACKUP_DIR=$DM_INSTALL_DIR/backup/$DM_DB_NAME/$timestamp
+fi
+backupFile=${DM_DB_NAME}.backup.$timestamp.sql
+fullBackupFilePath=$DM_BACKUP_DIR/$backupFile
+
+# Read password
+sttyOrig=`stty -g`
+stty -echo
+read -p "Enter $DM_DB_NAME user password: " DM_DB_USER_PASSWORD
+stty $sttyOrig
+echo
+
+DM_DB_USER_PASSWORD_FILE=/tmp/${DM_DB_NAME}.${DM_DB_USER}.passwd
+echo $DM_DB_HOST:$DM_DB_PORT:$DM_DB_NAME:$DM_DB_USER:$DM_DB_USER_PASSWORD > $DM_DB_USER_PASSWORD_FILE && chmod 600 $DM_DB_USER_PASSWORD_FILE || exit 1
+
+pgDumpCmd="PGPASSFILE=$DM_DB_USER_PASSWORD_FILE pg_dump -C -c -w --column-inserts -p $DM_DB_PORT -h $DM_DB_HOST -U $DM_DB_USER -d $DM_DB_NAME"
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -f $DM_DB_USER_PASSWORD
+}
+
+execute() {
+    eval "$@"
+}
+
+echo
+echo "Using DB backup directory: $DM_BACKUP_DIR"
+
+mkdir -p $DM_BACKUP_DIR
+eval $pgDumpCmd > $fullBackupFilePath || ( cleanup && exit 1 )
+
+nTables=`grep -n "Data for Name" $fullBackupFilePath | grep TABLE | wc -l`
+echo "Processing $nTables tables"
+
+tableCnt=0
+processingFile=$DM_BACKUP_DIR/process.txt
+while [ $tableCnt -lt $nTables ]; do
+    tableCnt=`expr $tableCnt + 1`
+    headLine=$tableCnt
+    tailLine=2
+    echo "Working on table #: $tableCnt" 
+    grep -n "TABLE DATA" $fullBackupFilePath | head -$headLine | tail -$tailLine > $processingFile
+    dbTable=`cat $processingFile | head -1 | awk '{print $5}' | sed 's?;??g'`
+    echo "Creating sql script for $dbTable"
+    targetFile=$DM_BACKUP_DIR/populate_$dbTable.sql
+    pgDumpCmd="PGPASSFILE=$DM_DB_USER_PASSWORD_FILE pg_dump -C -a -t $dbTable -w --column-inserts -p $DM_DB_PORT -h $DM_DB_HOST -U $DM_DB_USER -d $DM_DB_NAME"
+   eval $pgDumpCmd > $targetFile || ( cleanup && exit 1 )
+done
+rm -f $processingFile
+
+# Backup web app
+echo "Backing up $DM_DB_NAME web app"
+rsync -arlvP $DM_SUPPORT_DIR/glassfish/linux-x86_64/glassfish/domains/domain1/autodeploy/$DM_DB_NAME.war $DM_BACKUP_DIR
+
+cleanup
+echo "Backup of $DM_DB_NAME is done."
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/fileTransferPlugin.py b/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/fileTransferPlugin.py
index 2c2228ac20383ffa7429d7ded98183860d44aa0e..6d22cc28a64da7ce95afb808e44b876b4dfef33f 100755
--- a/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/fileTransferPlugin.py
+++ b/src/python/dm/common/processing/plugins/fileTransferPlugin.py
@@ -34,15 +34,14 @@ class FileTransferPlugin(FileProcessor):
         self.start(src=srcUrl, dest=destUrl, templateInfo=fileInfo)
 
     def getSrcUrl(self, filePath, dataDirectory):
-        return filePath
+        srcUrl = '%s/./%s' % (dataDirectory, os.path.relpath(filePath, dataDirectory))
+        return srcUrl
     
     def getDestUrl(self, filePath, dataDirectory, storageHost, storageDirectory):
-        # Use relative path with respect to data directory as a source
-        srcUrl = os.path.relpath(filePath, dataDirectory)
         if self.dest:
-            destUrl = '%s/%s' % (self.dest, srcUrl)
+            destUrl = '%s/' % (self.dest)
         else:
-            destUrl = '%s:%s/%s' % (storageHost, storageDirectory, srcUrl)
+            destUrl = '%s:%s/' % (storageHost, storageDirectory)
         return destUrl
     
     def getSrcDirUrl(self, dataDirectory):