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[zohair28]

i want to get backup file to my new server
i use:
wget h**p://server/ip/ /home/cpmove-backup.name
but i have error message like that:
Length: 111 [text/html]
Saving to: ?index.html.
/home/cpmove-******.tar.gz: Scheme missing.
so any one know what cause this problem and how to solve

[Aun Muhammad]

I think the file you are trying to grab is not in the proper .tar.gz format.

[fabin]

You might be copying the backup file up to the document root. Are you sure you are able to download it from your browser?

If you are using any special characters in that URL, try placing the url inside double-quotes.

[eth00]

It may even be an htaccess that is not allowing you to download the file directly.

[captsrikanth]

Originally Posted by zohair28

i want to get backup file to my new server
i use:

wget h**p://server/ip/ /home/cpmove-backup.name

i would suggest you use something like this

wget h**p://server/ip/ && mv -c /home/cpmove-backup.name

because what it seems to be doing is using wget for the entire line and not just till /ip/ like it should be

[Crashus]

You're trying to grab that backup via wrong address, first of all move it to public_html and then grab it via wget

[MikeDVB]

If you look at that ?index.html file you'll likely see a "404" not found or a "401" forbidden error.

[brianoz]

wget h**p://server/ip/ /home/cpmove-backup.name

You have a space between the path name and the file name, there needs to be no space. That is, you specify the path of the file you are getting:

wget http://server/ip/cpmove-backup.name && mv cpmove-backup.name /home

As someone else said, you won't able to get very far unless the cpmove file is available under the apropriate user's public_html directory.