Yes, I've actually recorded the sumcheck prior to uploading it. Have download the zipped package from the site, unzipped, extraction ran into an error. The newly downloaded zipped file's sumcheck does not match the original one (using same tool).
Probably one more thing to try is to ask the hosting company to run a checksum against it to see if it matches the original one. Other than that, any other option? I truly appreciate your thoughts, Dave. > > 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:317259 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
