 Can't Delete A Folder On Server!, a small mistake in a script.... |
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 Jun 24 2007, 01:40 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 7-April 07 From: India Member No.: 41,207  |
I maintain my college's website and since I update it frequently, I decided to write a php script that would backup all the data in a folder on the server itse
lf. To backup all the data I would only need to run the script once in a while: CODE <? function dircpy($basePath, $source, $dest, $overwrite = false) { print "=========================================================================== = "; if(!is_dir($basePath . $dest)) mkdir($basePath . $dest); if($handle = opendir($basePath . $source)) { while(false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { if($file != '.' && $file != '..') { $path = $source . '/' . $file; if(is_file($basePath . $path)) { print 'File ('.$path.') '; if(!is_file($basePath . $dest . '/' . $file) || $overwrite) if(!@copy($basePath . $path, $basePath . $dest . '/' . $file)) { print 'File ('.$path.') not copied.'; } } elseif(is_dir($basePath . $path) && $path!="/backup") { print 'Dir ('.$path.') '; if(!is_dir($basePath . $dest . '/' . $file)) mkdir($basePath . $dest . '/' . $file); dircpy($basePath, $path, $dest . '/' . $file, $overwrite); } } } closedir($handle); } } print dircpy("","", "backup/", $overwrite = false); ?> What the script does is copy all the files (including all the files in the subfolders) to the backup folder using recursion. The first time I ran this script I forgot one thing : elseif(is_dir($basePath . $path) && $path!="/backup") I did not put the second condition in the above elseif. Now you might be beginning to understand my problem. The script went into a mad loop and started creating backup/backup/backup/backup/backup/backup....... Now the folders run soo deep that they have exhausted my webspace and I am unable to delete them ('cause of 3 things : first, the folders run too deep, second, they contain .ftpquota files and third, I cannot upload any more files to try and run a script to delete them). Can anyone think of a solution? |
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Jun 24 2007, 01:56 PM
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$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,304 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218  |
First I would chmod the php script so it can't be executed by setting the chmod to 000, then I would download a ftp software and that way you can select all those files for a mass delete. Of course I am assuming that that your back ups under a folder one folder so it should make it rather easy to do, if not just delete the files through a FTP software and you should be set
 . Once completed delete your old php script and then upload the one you really need.
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Jun 24 2007, 02:09 PM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 486 Joined: 9-April 06 From: The UK Member No.: 21,584 |
First, i recommend using SM's suggestion of chmodding the script to 000, then:
Well if it's a ftp manager that's refusing to delete them, try using cpanel filemanager and just delete that one folder. Everything should go at once  The cpanel will delete it easier since it's on the server, and hence will do it much faster too! or thirdly, if you want to upload a script to delete them, after chmodding the original script to 000, save a couple of the college's less important files to your computer and then delete them from the server. This should give you enough room to upload a delete script... BUT be very careful with a delete script. Something may go wrong and clean out your college's webserver, which would cause a lot of annoyances... This post has been edited by Jimmy: Jun 24 2007, 02:13 PM |
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Jun 24 2007, 04:30 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 7-April 07 From: India Member No.: 41,207 |
the trouble is they don't have cpanel but plesk and I hate it. I can't figure out how to use the file manager so I will have to resort to downloading a lot of data and then deleting that on the server to make enough
room for uploading files.Then I can run a delete script and also change the bac kup script. The real problem is the site has gone way over the limit (guess the size restriction doesn't apply when you are creating files using php) so I'll have to download a lot and downloading files from ftp is soo slow. |
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Jun 24 2007, 04:45 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 3,874 Joined: 24-July 05 From: In Trouble Again... still? Member No.: 9,787  |
Is it possible that the php script is being run under a different user than yourself, so you do not have the authority to delete them?
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Jun 24 2007, 06:32 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 7-April 07 From: India Member No.: 41,207 |
well it is not that I can't delete the folder but whenever I try to delete it the ftp client (or explorer) hangs because of the many many folders that were created inside it. It's like backup/backup/backup/backup/backup/backup/backup..... so the ftp client gets stuck just trying to figure out the time required for deletion.
Go ahead and try the script in localhost without the $path!="/backup" in elseif(is_dir($basePath . $path) && $path!="/backup") put the php file in any folder and give the arguments like(in the last line): dircpy("","../", "backup/", $overwrite = false); |
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Jun 24 2007, 07:19 PM
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Ephesians 6:10-17 Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,861 Joined: 22-June 05 From: The World of Gentoo Member No.: 8,528 |
When you create a folder through a script, you lose permission to that folder because it is given the rights to the group "www-data" and not you. The only way to delete that folder is by having a script do it. But the PHP script can only delete folders that are empty.
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Jun 25 2007, 04:41 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 7-April 07 From: India Member No.: 41,207 |
I took care of it last night. Yeah, if you directly use the rmdir function in php it will not be able to remove non
empty folders so i used unlink for all the files present and then rmdir (using a modified version of the script above). |
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