Badly formatted response from (Zmanda Windows Client)
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Problem
Dumps of windows clients using the ZWC fail with something like
winbox "C:\\FOO" lev 0 FAILED "[badly formatted response from winbox]"
Solution
Amanda has had a rocky relationship with backslashes. Try using forward-slashes in your DLE - change
winbox "C:\\FOO" zwc-compress
to
winbox "C:/FOO" zwc-compress