Backup a VeraCrypt (TrueCrypt) volume on Windows gives an error

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When doing a backup of a VeraCrypt drive on Windows I get the read-error: error: Open: open \\?\S:\System Volume Information:

Backup command: restic.exe backup --iexclude="s:\temp" "s:"

The backup seems to succeed and the error seems to come in the middle of the backup, not in the beginning nor the end. Should I be worried?

Full status:

repository 4cf59dcd opened (repository version 2) successfully, password is correct
no parent snapshot found, will read all files
error: Open: open \\?\S:\System Volume Information: Access is denied.

Files:        3567 new,     0 changed,     0 unmodified
Dirs:          377 new,     0 changed,     0 unmodified
Would add to the repository: 894.401 MiB (714.300 MiB stored)

processed 3567 files, 942.505 MiB in 0:09
Warning: at least one source file could not be read
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I don’t think that this is veracrypt related. The system volume folder is not readable on a running system in anyway.
I would say you can ignore the error, or even more elegant, exclude the folder from your backup.

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I didn’t even consider it to be a real folder, but of course it it! I just exclude it.
I just unconsciously thought of it to be something deeper in the filesystem and not a folder.
I should just have done a “dir /a-”