Procedures for creating Back Up folder in Admin

[kbakba]

Hi,

this is probably simple but I do not know how to go foward with it.

 

The admin panel said I needed to create a backup directory and give it 777 permission.

 

So I went to Admin/ and created a folder called ... backups. (admin/backups/)

and gave it 777 permissions.

 

The admin panel now says

Warning: filemtime(): Stat failed for /httpdocs/oscommerce/admin/backups. (errno=2 - No such file or directory) in /httpdocs/oscommerce/admin/backup.php on line 369....370.....389.....390

 

 

I am assuming that this means that the file backup.php

needs to be revised too? Here are the mentioned LINES 369, 370,389,390:

 

369:$file_array['date'] = date(PHP_DATE_TIME_FORMAT, filemtime(DIR_FS_BACKUP . $entry));

 

370:$file_array['size'] = number_format(filesize(DIR_FS_BACKUP . $entry)) . ' bytes';

 

389: <td class="dataTableContent" align="center" onclick="document.location.href='<?php echo tep_href_link(FILENAME_BACKUP, $onclick_link); ?>'"><?php echo date(PHP_DATE_TIME_FORMAT, filemtime(DIR_FS_BACKUP . $entry)); ?></td>

 

390: <td class="dataTableContent" align="right" onclick="document.location.href='<?php echo tep_href_link(FILENAME_BACKUP, $onclick_link); ?>'"><?php echo number_format(filesize(DIR_FS_BACKUP . $entry)); ?> bytes</td>

 

Can anyone provide me with a simple solution to this?

 

Thank you. :rolleyes:

[kbakba]

Is anyone online today who has backed up their database. Did it go smoothly first run?

[demonz]

Were online its just that the ones who are online arent that pro :P whith all the coding and stuff lol.

[kbakba]

Well...I deleted my admin/backups file from my directory. That erased that problem.

 

BUT, surely everyone has used the backup feature in the ADMIN.

I think I am creating an INCORRECT folder name.

 

Please someone walk me through the steps as what to call the folder and where to put it.

[Guest]

Please someone walk me through the steps as what to call the folder and where to put it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

The directory should be named 'backups' and belongs in /admin/ - make sure it has write permissions.

 

Matti

[kbakba]

:o

yes,............admin/backups/

 

but whats this mean when I go to the backups tool in admin

 

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php

 

How does one "set this" in configure.php---besides there are 2 configure.php's.

 

Helpp will be appreicated.

[BYGino]

:o

yes,............admin/backups/

 

but whats this mean when I go to the backups tool in admin

 

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php

 

How does one "set this" in configure.php---besides there are 2 configure.php's.

 

Helpp will be appreicated.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Check your admin/includes/configure.php specifically your "Ddefine('DIR_FS..." settings are correct.

[kbakba]

Hi,

Thank you for your time.

Okay here is what the problem was so we can close this thread:

 

Myi nstallation files said...in the admin/includes/configure.php:

 

define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');

 

..........

 

all I did to make it right was put a forward slash before backups.

 

define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . '/backups/');

 

 

Thanks again.