7.3 upgrade: errors copying files via FTP

Hello all... I'm in the process of upgrading to Dolphin 7.3... I did the backups etc. Copying the upgrade files to my server's folders (via FTP), I'm having many "Error" messages about mkdir failures and failed transfer files, files and directories not found etc...

Example:

Command:    cd "/home/socialex/public_html/dolph/upgrade/files/7.3.0.B2-7.3.0.RC/modules/poll"

Error:             Directory /home/socialex/public_html/dolph/upgrade/files/7.3.0.B2-7.3.0.RC/modules/poll: no such file or directory

Command:    cd "/home/socialex/public_html/dolph/upgrade/files/7.3.0.B2-7.3.0.RC/modules"

Response:     New directory is: "/home/socialex/public_html/dolph/upgrade/files/7.3.0.B2-7.3.0.RC/modules"

Command:    mkdir "poll"

Command:    cd "/home/socialex/public_html/dolph/upgrade/files/7.3.0.B2-7.3.0.RC/modules/sites"

Error:             Directory /home/socialex/public_html/dolph/upgrade/files/7.3.0.B2-7.3.0.RC/modules/sites: no such file or directory

Command:    cd "/home/socialex/public_html/dolph/upgrade/files/7.3.0.B2-7.3.0.RC/modules"

Response:     mkdir /home/socialex/public_html/dolph/upgrade/files/7.3.0.B2-7.3.0.RC/modules/poll: OK

I believe these relate to non-installed modules or something, so I'm not terribly worried... Or should I be terribly worried...?

@ElAmargo you should not be terribly worried as long as you have a recent backup in place. Backups are very crucial when applying any type of upgrades or patches. Worse thing can happen is to restore your site back to the point it was initially..

My experience with FTP has not been great either, things can easily go south if one of the files / folders don't get transferred properly.

The one solution it has been working successfully for me after I learned the hard way is to  SFTP my files as {root}.  Please keep in mind I have a dedicated server, therefore I have a full access to my box..

>> If you choose the same route, please follow these steps:
1>  Unzip the files locally & SFTP as root & transfer the patch files to your site folder
2>  ssh to your server (you can use Putty) and change permissions
   2a> since you transferred files as root, the owners of the files you transferred will be root as well
   2b> change permissions of your site files back to their original owner/user by running the command below:
        2c> lets say your site username is called {peace}, so run this command based on
                your site location: i.e:   chown -R peace:peace /home/peace/public_html/*
                
>> If you don't have a dedicated server and you still have a shell access, follow these steps:

>  SFTP the zip patch file as is (don't extract it yet) to your server
>  SSH to your server
>  unzip the patch file in a temp folder - For instance:  /tmp/patch-D30
>  I would use {rsync} command - other copy commands work too..
>  rsync -avzh /tmp/patch-D30 /home/peace/public_html/
>  I would set the ownership again just in case, it would not hurt:   chown -R peace:peace /home/peace/public_html/* 

And then proceed with your upgrade..  Good luck !

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