[TYPO3-english] problem when copying typo3 site to the other server

[Martin Aarhof]

On 21-11-2012 13:22, tom wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to copy one typo3 site over to the other server. So first I am
> trying to download the folder from my old server.
> 1. I tried zip command
> the command line I put is like this: -bash-3.2$ zip -r crossroads.zip
> crossroads
> But I got below warning:
>   zip warning: name not matched:
> crossroads/typo3conf/ext/jc_content_editor/jc_content_editor/jc_content_editor/
> jc_content_editor/jc_content_editor/jc_content_editor/jc_content_editor/...
>
>
> 2. I tried to tar command,
> tar -czf crossroads.tar.gz crossroads/,
> under /home/gdirectj/public_html/crossroads,there are  8 folders and other
> files
> cgi-bin
> fileadmin
> misc
> t3lib
> typo3
> typo3conf
> typo3temp
> uploads
>
> but in crossroads.tar.gz , only five folders,
> cgi-bin
> fileadmin
> typo3conf
> typo3temp
> uploads
>
> So what could be the problem? How could I download my folder from server?

As already told, these are properly symlinks (kind of a advanced 
"shortcut" to a folder) these are not automaticly added when using tar, 
but if you add -h to your tar, then it will follow the symlink.

tar zcfh crossroads.tar.gz crossroads/

Will also add the symlinked files