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#8867 [SOLVED] Override from the CLI does not appear to work

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 01 June 2011 05:25 CDT

Friday, 20 May 2011 09:31 CDT

user39177
Setting up the command to run from cron though when I execute:

/usr/local/php/bin/php /www/somesite.co.uk/www/administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup.php -override "akeeba.basic.output_directory=/www/somesite.co.uk/backups" -override "akeeba.basic.temporary_directory=/www/somesite.co.uk/tmp" -override "akeeba.basic.archive_name=site-www.somesite.co.uk-20110520-1521"

Akeeba starts and displays:

Configuration variables overriden in the command line:
akeeba.basic.output_directory, akeeba.basic.temporary_directory, akeeba.basic.archive_name

Though then stop with the following error:

An error has occurred:
Could not open /www/somesite.co.ukbackups/site-unknown_host-20110520-142149.jpa for writing. Check permissions and open_basedir restrictions.

It is though my overrides are being ignored ?
Edited by user39177 on 2011-06-01 05:01 CDT

Friday, 20 May 2011 10:38 CDT

nicholas
This is a known issue. Not all parameters can be overridden in the command line yet. I am working on a fix for that and will publish a new developer's release at the latest by the end of next week.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Friday, 20 May 2011 12:51 CDT

user39177
Cool. That is very much appreciated. When running in a chrooted() environment running from the CLI will necessitate the requirement to override a lot of variables. Have a nice weekend.

Friday, 20 May 2011 16:40 CDT

nicholas
Yeah, I know. That's one use case. I actually had to do that refactoring in order to make our brand new System Restore Points feature (taking backups of a single extension during its upgrade through Joomla!'s extension installer) work.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Wednesday, 01 June 2011 04:23 CDT

user39177
Good morning, Nicholas

I have upgraded to 3.3a1 but overriding the following does not appear to work yet:

akeeba.basic.output_directory
akeeba.basic.temporary_directory
akeeba.basic.archive_name

Which release will one be able to override these settings, please ?

Wednesday, 01 June 2011 04:31 CDT

nicholas
OK, I found the bug :) I am now preparing a new developer's release for upload. Check back in 15-20 minutes and you should be able to download it. Thank you for your feedback!

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!

Wednesday, 01 June 2011 05:01 CDT

user39177
That works a treat; thank you :)

Wednesday, 01 June 2011 05:25 CDT

nicholas
Awesome! One less bug in my kill list :) Thank you for your very fast feedback!

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!

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