Problems having deleted core* files

[Steve Crook]

Hello,
I have a problem with having inherited a vBulletin version 4.1.8 when the previous owner died suddenly
As such I don't have access to all of the files

I foolishly added a cron job to delete all core* files not realising that vBulletin uses files with names matching core*

Is there any way to get them back?

Thanks

Steve

[Paul M]

Yes, login to the members area, download the software, and re-upload the files.

I'm completely baffled why you would add such a cron job, ever, but I guess you learned a lesson - dont delete stuff unless you know what you are doing

[Steve Crook]

Part 2 is, after downloading the zip file, where do I start unzipping it from?
The instructions aren't at all clear

I have downloaded the Update vBulletin Scripts from https://members.vbulletin.com
But nothing that I can see tells me where to start upzipping them from

The document at http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/upgrade_patch_level says:
you will notice that there is no upload folder.
But looking at the zip file they all start with do_not_upload/ or upload/

Thanks

Steve

[Wayne Luke]

You would go to the location that you downloaded them to and unzip them in that location. We don't know where you would have stored them on your computer though. Once unzipped, you would upload the files in the upload folder to your web server. You shouldn't be looking at patch files at this time.

[Steve Crook]

Any clues as to where I should copy everything in the upload directory to?
Is there anything I should look for to identify the base directory?

Thanks

Steve

[William Thomas Jr]

http://www.vbulletin.com/en/manual/

[Steve Crook]

OK, thanks. So it's RTFM

Steve

[Mark.B]

Specifically, this page should help:

https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/uploadpackage

[Steve Crook]

Thanks, I read that. But it doesn't say where you should be when you unzip the patch file or where you should copy the contents of the upload directory to.
I realise that it's system dependent but as I said, I inherited our system when the previous manager died suddenly. I don't know where he put everything.
Isn't it possible to do by using find to find something unique and then saying which path in that result should be used?

Thanks

Steve

[Mark.B]

Thanks, I read that. But it doesn't say where you should be when you unzip the patch file or where you should copy the contents of the upload directory to.
I realise that it's system dependent but as I said, I inherited our system when the previous manager died suddenly. I don't know where he put everything.
Isn't it possible to do by using find to find something unique and then saying which path in that result should be used?

Thanks

Steve

The cntents of the upload folder need to go into the folder where your forum is.

www.domain.com/board - it goes into /board
www.domain.com/forum - it goes into /forum

If the forum runs on the root domain (www.domain.com) with no subfolder, then it goes into the root on the server...usually called www or public_html or http_files.

Etc

Note that it's the contents of the upload folder, not the upload folder itself.

[Steve Crook]

I don't seem to have anything called 'board' anywhere on the system

[root@server72 Britmovie]# find / -name board
[root@server72 Britmovie]# find / -name boards
[root@server72 Britmovie]#

I have a directory called 'forums'

[root@server72 Britmovie]# find / -name forums
/home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/forums
[root@server72 Britmovie]#

I've been copying the contents of the upload folder (the files in that folder, not the folder itself) to /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/forums/ and that seems to adjust the vBulletin version number

Thanks

Steve

[William Thomas Jr]

That is correct. You want to upload to the directory where your forum is located in. Some of us do not have a forum directory, we have uploaded our site to the root directory (public_html).

[Wayne Luke]

I don't seem to have anything called 'board' anywhere on the system

[root@server72 Britmovie]# find / -name board
[root@server72 Britmovie]# find / -name boards
[root@server72 Britmovie]#

I have a directory called 'forums'

[root@server72 Britmovie]# find / -name forums
/home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/forums
[root@server72 Britmovie]#

I've been copying the contents of the upload folder (the files in that folder, not the folder itself) to /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/forums/ and that seems to adjust the vBulletin version number

Thanks

Steve

Yes... We use "Boards", "Forums", "vBulletin_root" as place holders because each one of our thousands of customers has a different setup. This is why we don't tell you what directory to upload to. We don't know. If you're vBulletin directory is called forums, then you would upload the contents of the upload folder to that location.

[Steve Crook]

Yes... We use "Boards", "Forums", "vBulletin_root" as place holders because each one of our thousands of customers has a different setup. This is why we don't tell you what directory to upload to. We don't know. If you're vBulletin directory is called forums, then you would upload the contents of the upload folder to that location.

Couldn't you pick on some file that is in everyone's system and then build up the base directory from there?
Then you could tell people to copy the contents of the upload folder to there

Steve

[Mark.B]

Couldn't you pick on some file that is in everyone's system and then build up the base directory from there?
Then you could tell people to copy the contents of the upload folder to there

Steve

That wouldn't work because people like to choose the location of their forums on the server. They don't want to have the URL dictated to by us.
The directory you use on the server becomes part of your URL.

Not to mention that there are no drectories that are on everyone's system that could be used. Each server system is different, and even then people configure them in different ways.

[Wayne Luke]

Couldn't you pick on some file that is in everyone's system and then build up the base directory from there?
Then you could tell people to copy the contents of the upload folder to there

Steve

If there was some directory used on everyone's system then yes. It would make things a lot easier for us.

There are literally thousands of ways servers can be configured and then the site owners get involved and have their own specific layout. Some install vBulletin in the root of their website. This could be the public_html, www, htdocs, httpdocs, httpsdocs, docs, or html directory. Well those are the common ones. It could be some completely different directory. Then when you store the files they could be in the c:/inetpub/www/, /var/www/sitename/, /home/username/www, or many other places. Then some people want it installed in a subdomain or subdirectory of their choosing: community, discussion, forum, forums, etc...