[grandpa]

Hi

I have recently installed oscommerce2.2 under a sub directory (/_store_V_2) to allow me to make changes etc,and would now like to copy it to the root directory so as it becomes the web site. However I really don't know what to do to acheive this. I have asked this in the oscommerce forums but really haven't got anywhere. Our current site is www.kidzpatch.co.nz

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks

Grandpa

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Type the following command and press [Enter]:

copy /_store_V_2/*.* /

Note:

• There is a single space between the "y" and the first "/" and another single space between the second "*" and the third "/". Like this:

  copy<space>/_store_V_2/*.*<space>/

[SpywareDr]

Type the following command and press [Enter]:

copy /_store_V_2/*.* /

Note:

• There is a single space between the "y" and the first "/" and another single space between the second "*" and the third "/". Like this:

  copy<space>/_store_V_2/*.*<space>/

[grandpa]

Hi

Many thanks for your help.

I'm a bit thick when it comes to these sorts of thing. But where do I copy from and to where.

many thanks

Grandpaj

[SpywareDr]

According to your first post you wanted to copy all files, (which is the *.* part),

From: /_store_V_2

To: /

In other words, the command:

copy /_store_V_2/*.* /

is telling the computer that you want to use the copy command to copy /_store_V_2/*.* to / (which is the root directory).

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Notes:

• This is for *nix Operating Systems. On DOS|Windows systems you would use backslashes instead of forward slashes, (i.e., "copy \_store_V_2\*.* \").
  
  
• If you get an error with the "copy" command, use "cp" instead. Many newer versions of Linux/Unix/Aix, or their variants use a "copy" alias as well as the older "cp" (copy) command.

Edited by SpywareDr, 01 June 2010 - 03:13 AM.

[xmephistox]

I'm afraid that a simple copy/move is not gonna work, because the settings in the database of oscommerce will still refer to the old location, the subdirectory.

I suggest you download the subdirectory (your site), with an ftp client. Then, go into that subdirectory on your local drive and upload everything in there to the root directory, then you should be able to access your admin (still the one in the subdirectory), and change your settings there so that the install path refers to the root directory instead of the subdirectory. Right after you made that change the admin in the subdirectory won't work anymore. So exit from it. After the change has been saved to the database, only the admin in the root will work.
Then test your site in root and if everything works, you can just delete the subdirectory. A bit more complicated - or rather: it takes a bit longer to download and upload everything - but at least then you can change your settings easily.
Otherwise you end up with your files where you want them but a non working site.

Edited by xmephistox, 07 June 2010 - 11:02 PM.

[grandpa]

Hi

Many thanks for that.

Will have a go, and report back in a few days.

Many thanks

Grandpa