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Sunday, 23 August 2009 22:37 CDT

magj

Hi

Is this awesome kickstart utility capable of extracting any archive?
the answer is yes ;)

Kickstart Documentation:

Kickstart is agnostic of the contents of the archive. This means that you can use Kickstart to extract anything: full or upgrade Joomla! packages, phpBB or Wordpress installation ZIPs, an archive with your gallery's images, etc. The only difference in the process is that you skip clicking on the first link which would normally start the JPI3. And, yes, we have used it to deploy Joomla! upgrades and non-Joomla PHP software ourselves!

But I tried to extract wp and it keeps telling me
Could not open htaccess.bak for writing. :roll:

in both ftp and direct modes
Regards
magj

Monday, 24 August 2009 04:44 CDT

dlb

Yes, this should work exactly as you tried it. Was this a "bare" site or was there an htaccess.bak file already there? Generally ftp mode can set the permissions better, but an existing file could have ownership settings that would prevent that.

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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 02:14 CDT

magj

Thanks for your support,
A bare site, I have enabled hidden files and deleted everything in the root (except kickstart.php and the zip file of course)

Regards
magj

Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:33 CDT

nicholas

Which is the owner of your site's root? If it's not the same user Apache runs under and PHP Safe Mode is on, then PHP is not allowed to write to it in direct file writes mode.

I know that you are using the FTP mode, but... Kickstart needs to extract each file on a temporary location and then "upload" it with FTP to its final destination. By default, the temporary location is the same place Kickstart lives in. You can change it by editing kickstart.php.

Now that you know the theory, let's move onto the practice, shall we? :)

Create a new directory on your site's root, naming it "kicktemp" and give 0777 permissions. If possible, please use your hosting control panel's File Manager, not FTP (as we don't want to get caught in yet another round of fubar'd ownerships) Edit kickstart.php, replacing:

define('TEMPDIR', dirname(__FILE__) );

with

define('TEMPDIR', dirname(__FILE__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'kicktemp' );

Use this modified Kickstart to restore your site.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Saturday, 05 September 2009 21:44 CDT

magj

Thanks
Sorry for my delayed response.

Of course, It works!

By this great utility you really helped many people, Extraction feature for 5000+ files without permission problems....

That's why after examining HUNDREDS of Joomla extensions for years, I believe the Joomlapack is one of the best extensions ever made for Joomla.
and of course that's for your great job and support...

Thanks and regards
magj

Saturday, 05 September 2009 23:14 CDT

nicholas

You're welcome! :D

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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