UNiTE, Remote CLI, eXtract Wizard

Wednesday, 22 July 2009 22:51 CDT

user6523

Hi, I hope someone can help me,
I’m having trouble extracting the backup once downloaded.

I’ve created a successful backup of my site using joomla pack.
I then copied it down to my pc using filezilla, selected binary transfer

When I use the extractor to try extract the backup to a location on my pc I get the following message;

I/O error: 123.

Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

I’ve done a search of this error and can’t find it anywhere else on the forum, so apologies if this problem has already been discussed.

Thursday, 23 July 2009 04:35 CDT

dlb

I don't recognize that error. Just a couple of clarifications:
[ul]
[ol]By "extractor" you mean the eXtract program from Native Tools?[/ol]
[li]What archive format are you using, zip or jpa?[/li]
[/ul]

Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist

English: native

Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

????
My time zone is EST (UTC -5) (click here to see my current time in Philadelphia, PA)

Friday, 24 July 2009 05:08 CDT

user6539

Hi there !

Im having the exact problem..

Ive downloaded the backup file from the site and from filezilla, when i use the eXtract it gives me that error... ive tried to open the file with winrar and other uncompressor tools and it gives me the same error our a CRC error...

Im a little bit desperate because i have to migrate one site until the 1st week of the next month..

Thank you

Friday, 24 July 2009 10:31 CDT

dlb

The CRC error is normal for a zip file when backed up on a php version less than 5.2 and/or the hash module not installed. The 123 error from eXtract is not normal. I'll flag this for Nicholas.

Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist

English: native

Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

????
My time zone is EST (UTC -5) (click here to see my current time in Philadelphia, PA)

Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:40 CDT

nicholas

This is Delphi I/O Error 123 "ERROR_INVALID_NAME", which means that one of the files in the archive has a name which is invalid on Windows.

Before you start scratching your head, let me give you a simple example: in Linux the filename one"bad:case;of,a=filename is valid. In Windows, it violates the file naming rules FIVE times as the quotes, colon, semicolon, comma and equal sign are all forbidden characters for Windows filenames.

Unfortunately, the current version of the Native Tools can't work around this limitation. I am preparing a new cross-platform version which will be able to work around this and it'll also have an optional command-line interface for the CLI-geeks out there :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Saturday, 25 July 2009 11:05 CDT

user6539

Hummm very interesting ! :)

So in theory, if i decompress the file on a Linux ou Mac Os machine it wouldnt give me that kind of errors ?

Im gonna try tomorrow and ill report if it works :D

Thank you very much !

Sunday, 26 July 2009 05:36 CDT

user6539

Hello !

Well it worked pretty good !

I was able to decompress using my Mac without any error :) , the only think i had to do it was to change the file from jpa to zip.

Then jus uploaded the files to the new server, filled up the forms from the installation deleted the installation directory and .. voilá :) Flawless

Thanks alot ! you guys rock XD

Sunday, 26 July 2009 21:58 CDT

nicholas

You're welcome :D

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Tuesday, 28 July 2009 02:50 CDT

user6572

Hello!
I have the same error message, but I can't decompress the file renamed from .jpa to .zip (using Mac).
I'm in trouble because I need to restore my backup but I can't to it by Native Tools.
Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

Tuesday, 28 July 2009 04:44 CDT

dlb

The jpa file is not in a zip format, renaming the file won't solve the problem.

The archive was created on a system other than your Mac. That system allowed a file name that is illegal on your Mac system, as Nicholas explained in his last post. The archive can be extracted on the same file system that the backup was created on, the file names would be legal there.

Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist

English: native

Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

????
My time zone is EST (UTC -5) (click here to see my current time in Philadelphia, PA)

Saturday, 15 August 2009 00:56 CDT

user6731

Hi,

In my case, i dont have any access to any Mac computer. I have the same I/O error 123. Is there another solution for decompress. I try to exclude some folders...but no success..

I use Joomla 1..5.14, PHP 5.2.10 and JPA compression

What can i do more ???

Thanks for your help..

Michael

www.thailande-tourisme.com

Saturday, 15 August 2009 05:51 CDT

dlb

Michael,

It isn't just Mac that has this problem. Nicholas explained it better earlier in this thread. That was a Linux vs. Windows example, the first time this came up the source OS was BSD, which allows some really strange stuff in file names.

I'm stuck on this one. I have the experimental version of the extractor that Nicholas mentioned, but I'm traveling this weekend and can't get to my home machine.

The only think I can suggest now is to find and fix the bad filename on the source website and redo the backup. Yes, I know that's a lousy answer, it is just the best I can do right now. :(

Dale L. Brackin
Support Specialist

English: native

Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

????
My time zone is EST (UTC -5) (click here to see my current time in Philadelphia, PA)

Support