Just curious about the zip & tar.gz files

  • Hi everyone,

    When I setup a new site I upload the zip file to the root directory…

    Then do an unzip wordpress.zip in putty which unzips it in seconds…

    But why is the WP file zipped up with a ‘wordpress’ folder.

    There is probably a clever way to either tell the unzip command to ignore the wordpress folder, or I’m sure I could work out how to move the files.

    But would it not make more sense to zip up the folders/files inside the wordpress folder, as I’m sure this is more logical.

    I have resorted to creating a new zip with the correct folder structure…

    TIA, Dave

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  • Lots of people like that ‘directory’ as they have WordPress installed in a subdirectory of their web-root.

    But you found a way to do it. Also you can extract on your local machine then upload appropriately to your host with FTP (see Uploading WordPress to a remote host).

    It is advisable to extract all the files/folders in a directory to avoid overwriting any existing files in the same directory. If you want to use another folder name then you can just extract it and rename the folder name.

    – Kailash

    Thread Starter daveporter

    (@daveporter)

    @MicahelH – yes I used to ftp the files, but it takes forever compared with using putty and unzipping.

    @kailash1 – I almost am always setting up a new site for clients and subsequent updates are done via admin !

    Cheers Dave

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