From fca7686701adbe3ea9490452439a6e95d086800b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: palmtree5 <3577255+palmtree5@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 20:18:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [V3 Core] fix 3.5-specific issue with [p]backup (#1586)
 (#1588)

---
 redbot/core/core_commands.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/redbot/core/core_commands.py b/redbot/core/core_commands.py
index e421653c4..d1d335d10 100644
--- a/redbot/core/core_commands.py
+++ b/redbot/core/core_commands.py
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ class Core:
         if data_dir.exists():
             home = data_dir.home()
             backup_file = home / backup_filename
-            os.chdir(data_dir.parent)
+            os.chdir(str(data_dir.parent))
             with tarfile.open(str(backup_file), "w:gz") as tar:
                 tar.add(data_dir.stem)
             await ctx.send(_("A backup has been made of this instance. It is at {}.").format(