[Zope] zexp import fails from linux to windows due to image file paths

robert rottermann robert at redcor.ch
Thu Jul 17 00:37:16 EDT 2008


Richard Ettema schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an old zope based site that was hosted on a linux machine that 
> was exported to a zexp. i am trying to import it onto a windows machine 
> to fix up and upgrade the site. the windows machine is setup wth the 
> identical products etc. The problem is the image file paths for linux 
> within the zexp do not match the new windows setup. I dont need the 
> images imported, i'm wanting to access the main site content and users. 
> I dont have access to a linux machine anymore, so i'm stuck with windows 
> for development. Is there a way of getting the import procedure to 
> ignore the errors and continue the import (i.e. any hints on how to 
> modify the zope code)? Or is there a way to edit the zexp to do a search 
> & remove/replace of the file path names so the import completes with no 
> file path details?
> 
> Any ideas greatly appreciated as I have searched around with no luck on
> answering this myself.
> 
i do not think that it is the zexp import machinery that fails but the product 
that handles these external images. so you have to fix that product that it does 
not chocke when it can not read a file.

robert


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