League files upload as zip file

[Kurtis R.]

This is a great feature!! I have DSL.. it used to take me about 1/2 an hour to upload the pages... now it takes about 2 minutes.

For those of you still having problems.. just do the next test:

Make a new folder called "New Folder"
Put a couple of useless files in there.. html or txt or whatever

-RIGHT click the New Folder
-ADD to New Folder.zip (win zip)
-once it is zipped, rename that zip file to "_yourleagueabbreviation.zip" [without quotations]
-Upload the new zip file to your root folder
-wait 15 minutes
-then refresh your FTP and you should see a folder called "New Folder" and inside that folder is the useless files you put in there.

Just thought I would show a different example for those guys that didn't quite understand yet.

Kurtis
CUBL Commish

[Cooleyvol]

I just used this for the first time and let me tell you, THIS IS A TIME SAVER!!

Thanks, Andreas!!

[Andreas Raht]

Originally posted by seadog852
2 questions for andreas
1. I read all the post and think I understand this new proggy. I'm going to explain it for my sake and you tell me if I'm right or wrong. Thanks
I have a zip file named _852bl.zip. In this zip is all the html file for the web and my zip called 852bl.zip(the owners dl this one).
I upload the _852Bl.zip and your program unzips it into the directory it is in. It will leave alone the 852bl.zip because it doesn't have the _ clarifier. And I'll be able to upload for 30+ min w/o worry of your program deleting the uploaded portion.
Tell me if I'm correct or wrong.

You're right: it will not unzip the included 852bl.zip. But not because it doesn't have that "_". Simply because it's included! It will not touch any files that are included. It will just unzip the _852bl.zip...

2. Did you get my emails concerning the league forum you created. I went to change colors and it seemed to screw everything up. If you can fix it great or let me know how.

Yeah, I've got your mail. It's on my (long) list of things which are to be done before I'll go on vacation on Sunday Don't worry, I'll do it.

[seadog852]

Thanks for the heads up on the forum and new program. It is greatly appreciated!!!

[hack]

Anyway to get the script fo rpeople who run their own leagues on their own servers, but want the same time saving option?

just curious

[Andreas Raht]

Just a matter of $$$
j/k. Of course you can get the script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

my $Verzeichnis = "/homepages/whatever/yourdir/";
my $zipfile = $Verzeichnis . "_xyz.zip";

if (-e $zipfile) {
$r = system("unzip -o -q -C $zipfile -d $Verzeichnis");
if ($r==0) {
print "Success!\n";
unlink($zipfile);
}
else {
print "Error " . $r . "\n";
}
}

Should work this way... I didn't test this version. The version on our server looks quite different because we have to scan the folders etc. Of course you'll use this on your own risk and we are liable for nothing. Perl must be available on your web server.
- Change the _xyz.zip to any filename which you want to unzip.
- Copy the file as unzipfiles.cgi on your server.
- Give it execution permission (755)
- Start it using your browser, just enter the complete URL with the trailing unzipfiles.cgi as address
Enjoy!

[blmeanie]

Thanks for the continual improvements enhancements!

[blmeanie]

bump

[blmeanie]

just got it working on first try thanks to the help from all the posts and questions by all of you guys!

All totalled it took less than 5 minutes (I hit the unzipping process at the right time)

[hack]

Thanks for that.

[Draft Dodger]

bump

[Killer_Bs]

I just tried this and it works great!

Huge time saver! Thanks!

One thing to note, it is case sensative so _USBA.zip didn't work, but _usba.zip did work.

[nebl]

I am having a problem getting the script to work on my webserver can someone help me

The zip name of the HTML Files is : LEAGUESITE.zip
Where I want the HTMl files to unzip to :/NEBL
This is the error I get :
Executionof /www/r/rhemler/htdocs/unzipfiles.cgi aborted due to compilation errors.


Here is the script

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

my $Verzeichnis = "/NEBL";
my $zipfile = $Verzeichnis . "LEAGUESITE.zip";

if (-e $zipfile) {
$r = system("unzip -o -q -C $zipfile -d $Verzeichnis");
if ($r==0) {
print "Success!\n";
unlink($zipfile);
}
else {
print "Error " . $r . "\n";
}
}

Thanks