Vroom Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 What is the correct way to transfer the downloads directory when upgrading from v3 to v4?I renamed my old 3.4 IPB folder to /content2/, and then uploaded the v4 files to /content/ (the old location of the software).Then I upgraded the database from 3.4 to 4.Then I copied the downloads folder recursively from /content2/downloads/ to /content/downloads/.Then I chowned the files and folders in /content/downloads/ to the account owner.Is there anything else I am supposed to do? When I click on the download links I get file not found errors. Do I have to wait for the file downloads to be rebuilt by the cron, or did I do something wrong here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 If you are performing a test upgrade, you would need to copy the complete site to your test location, duplicate the database, update your url and paths, point the conf file to the new database, then test the site on 3.4, if everything is working (including downloads and all apps) then upload the files for 4.0 and run the upgrade process.You can't however upgrade with missing files from /downloads and then try to replace them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroom Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Ok, so the files should have been copied over before the upgrade process? I guess I will have to do the upgrade again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroom Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 I was checking my download folders and all the files (not folders) have 777 permission settings. Is this correct or should they be 644? I am copying them over to the new directory manually and want to make sure I don't make a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 They should be exactly as they are on the live site, this would vary depending on your hosting config. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroom Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Thanks for the reply. I never saw php software saving uploaded files with 777 permissions before, so it seemed odd. Every php software I have ever used saves files with lesser permissions. I still feel a little nervous about this and think it must not be the standard install file permissions. Can anyone else look at your downloads files and gallery image uploads and see if they are 777 or something different?I redid the upgrade with the downloads folder intake and am still getting 404 errors on all the file download links. I will wait and see after the cron rebuilds the download files if it makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroom Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 To test it I uploaded a new file after upgrading and the permissions were saved as 666, so the 777 file permissions of previous files were out of place. I'm not sure how that came about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroom Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 If anyone has the problem with broken links for download files, I was able to resolve it by going into the database and removing /downloads/ from the files record URL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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