[Building Sakai] How to convert Binary File content to file System?

[will trillich]

Whoops, it looks like you did try that "convertToFile" trick already.

I hope other more knowledgeable gurus on the sakai-dev list here can help you!


On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Tony Mendoza Rosa <tony_mendoza at mac.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Server: XServer Dual G5 (PPC)
> OS: Mac OS X 10.5.6
> Sakai version:  Sakai 2.5.3
> My SQL version:  5.0.67
>
> I tried to convert all Binary content (files) uploaded into Sakai from Database to the filesystem, but I got lots of error. After the conversion I can't access files attached to the OSP Matrix, and the Student's files on Resources area. The Site is working normally since I restored the sakai.properties file with the original file.
>
> Sample of Error found in catalina.out file:
>
> 07:08:28,946 WARN DbContentService.java:2600 DbContentService:2600 - convertToFile: null xml : /user/6a38c183-b8ae-4230-bc58-7e964e3fc0f5/portfolio-interaction/fdfb4c6e-64f5-4ea1-ac16-e1cb99109263/950846123FD9BF2B8D150029FEE5382F/E8774E9BA55FD215A8439123286DD317/64E2579CF119FAB7813A98AFD9357778
>
> I added the following statements on Sakai Properties file to convert all files uploaded:
>
> bodyPath at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService=opt/sakai_archive
> bodyVolumes at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService=sakai_volume
> convertToFile at org.sakaiproject.content.api.ContentHostingService=true
>
> Once I made the changes, I restarted the Web Application. I can upload any file to the Resource Area, which is stored on the volume sakai_volume (in the directory opt/sakai_archive), but I can't access any file uploaded or attached previously to the Matrix.
>
> How can I convert Binary File content to file System without loosing the files previously uploaded?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tony Mendoza-Rosa
> University of Puerto Rico
> Rio Piedras Campus
>
>
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