From 03db9604e1f7dc0756f96dc872bb5fc84816fbec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Joshua M. Boniface" <joshua@boniface.me>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 15:55:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure recipients is a proper list

---
 client-cli/pvc/cli/cli.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client-cli/pvc/cli/cli.py b/client-cli/pvc/cli/cli.py
index 4087262f..36b335a2 100644
--- a/client-cli/pvc/cli/cli.py
+++ b/client-cli/pvc/cli/cli.py
@@ -2196,9 +2196,14 @@ def cli_vm_autobackup(email_report, force_full_flag, wait_flag):
     which can help synchronize the backups of existing VMs with new ones.
     """
 
+    if email_report is not None:
+        email_recipients = email_report.split(",")
+    else:
+        email_recipients = None
+
     retcode, retmsg = pvc.lib.vm.vm_autobackup(
         CLI_CONFIG,
-        email_recipients=email_report,
+        email_recipients=email_recipients,
         force_full_flag=force_full_flag,
         wait_flag=wait_flag,
     )