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Files don't all transfer

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71.7.53.76 (talkcontribs)

I don't remember this problem from the last time I upgraded: using ftp, 180 files failed to transfer. I tried again, and 273 files failed to transfer! Without them all transferring from my computer to the website, I shouldn't expect a very stable wiki, should I?

What was even more weird was that dozens of times the upload was delayed while Filezilla asked me if I wanted to overwrite a newer file with an older file. How is that possible when I am transferring the unzipped files into an empty folder?!!!

Malyacko (talkcontribs)

Welcome to the support desk for the MediaWiki software. What does your question have to do with the MediaWiki software?

2604:2D80:4038:906A:B59F:4E79:513D:5173 (talkcontribs)

My two questions, stated another way: (1) Is it normal part of uploading mediawiki upgrade files that not all of them successfully transfer through ftp - should I not worry about it, and expect the wiki to work anyway? (2) How can it be that while transferring extracted files from my computer to the website, that an older file would try to overwrite a newer file (identical in name and size)? Do wikimedia files have twin files in the same directory with the same name and same size, but one older than the other? I don't know how that is even possible and I don't know how to respond, or if I should somehow not worry about it.


AhmadF.Cheema (talkcontribs)

No, all files will need to be transferred successfully. This is much more a problem with the particular FTP client than MediaWiki.

Also you should try uploading the compressed archive file and then extract that in the server. Uploading hundreds of files through FTP can be unreliable.

2604:2D80:4038:906A:B59F:4E79:513D:5173 (talkcontribs)

Thanks. I'll try that.

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