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#39467 One of the backup file in txt format

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Latest post by tampe125 on Friday, 13 October 2023 05:38 CDT

Phivos

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Hello,

Our website connected with Amazon S3 server. This website size is 2.4 GB so I can see one backup file is .jpa format which is 2GB

and another file is .txt format. But I think this is wrong format. If it wrong format then we lost one of out most important backup file,

In this case what should we do?

 

 Here is the screen shot: https://prnt.sc/tR_Vc2WoQtX6

 

Thank you

tampe125
Akeeba Staff

Hello,

please ignore it. Most likely you have set the option inside Windows to hide known extensions, so Windows see the JPA extension, hides it and "thinks" it's a text file.

Davide Tampellini

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Phivos

So I can upload this file on my server correct? Please confirm me.

Thank you

tampe125
Akeeba Staff

Yes, you can upload them.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Phivos

Hi Davide,

regarding your comment "please ignore it. Most likely you have set the option inside Windows to hide known extensions, so Windows see the JPA extension, hides it and "thinks" it's a text file."

it seems that something changed 1-2 months ago since we tried this in 3-4 different PCs using different browsers as well and in different countries.

 

if a backup exceeds the 2GB size then all the consequent backups although they are .jpa in AWS, when we download them they are .txt files

 

are you sure this is not affecting anything when we upload them and try to restore the site?

 

tampe125
Akeeba Staff

Again, this is your Windows installation hiding the extension. More info here: https://www.howtogeek.com/205086/beginner-how-to-make-windows-show-file-extensions/

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Phivos

suddenly stopped working.

I don't think so is related to the file extension.

anyway we have it ticked, we downloaded again the backup still the same

see attached.

 

tampe125
Akeeba Staff

I talked with Nicholas about this issue and it already happened in the past. Most likely there's a large text file (a log file probably), so AWS flags the file as "text/plain" even if it's a compressed archive. When you download it from AWS, Windows sees the flag "text/plain" and automatically changes the extension to .txt .

When you download the archive from S3, you should manually put the extension it originally had (ie .jpa , .j01  , .j02 etc).

Then I'd suggest to review the data that is included in your backup and exclude that log file.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

🇮🇹Italian: native 🇬🇧English: good • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Rome (UTC +1)
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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