> I've a ColdFusion8-base package to distribute. Zipped it and uploaded to a > site that I own > has not proven to be a good option. It's been reported that installation from > the extracted > files out of the zipped package failed to be installed though my package also > includes an > installation.log which offers some clue to as to the culprit. Of course prior > to zipping it and > uploading it I've run quite extensively testing, and about 9 out of 10 > installations from the > unzipped package went well. And also, the odd thing is after I downloaded > the zipped > package and try to install to the same testing machine it fails as well, > which seems to > suggest the package has been compromised after uploading to the site. The > folks at the > hosting company seem to be decent and they also seem to know what they are > doing.
When you say that files failed to be installed, does this mean that they couldn't be extracted from the zip file, or that something else isn't working? If you want to verify the integrity of a zip file (or any other big file), you might consider using checksums. There are plenty of MD5 checksum utilities. Find the current checksum, verify that the file unzips properly, then find the checksum of the file after you've moved it around. If you're looking for alternative ways to deploy CF apps, you can use EAR, WAR or CAR files. These are formats that CF or your underlying J2EE app server natively understands. That said, they're really just zip files with J2EE manifests, so they can be corrupted the same way. > Do you have some novel idea as to wide, easy and convenient distribution? > Medium > including CD does not fit into the above category of "wide, easy and > convenient > distribution". I don't know what you're looking for here. You may be better served by asking more specific questions. But just going by what you wrote, you seem to be conflating two things - the physical media or protocol used to transmit information, and the format of that information. In the first category, you have things like CDs, portable hard drives or solid state media, TCP/IP, and so on. In the second category, you have file formats like zip, rar, etc. I don't think you're going to get any novel suggestions. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:317257 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
