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Hello,

In my web root I created a directory called upload_directories, where I created a few other directories called logos, documents, etc:

upload_directories/ --
                      |
                      logos/
                      documents/

The permissions are

drwxrwxrwx   6 www-data root   4096 Sep 17 11:49 upload_directories

drwxrwxrwx  2 www-data root      4096 Sep 17 11:27 documents

so there should be no problems with permissions.

Then I created corresponding upload directories in EE, double checking ‘Server Path to Upload Directory’.

Now, when I try to upload file called Dana.gif to upload direcory ‘logos’, the file upload dialog gives me a notice that the file has been uploaded successfully, but nothing is placed into upload_directories/logos. Instead, I see a new file in upload_directories/ called ‘logosDana.gif’ :

drwxrwxrwx  2 www-data root      4096 Sep 17 11:27 documents
drwxrwxrwx  2 www-data    10670  4096 Sep 12 11:22 logos
-rwxrwxrwx  1 www-data www-data  5201 Sep 17 11:21 logosDana.gif

And of course, when I try to view the contents of the logos directory via the file upload dialog, there’s nothing there.

Can anyone give me a hint whats wrong?

I am running ExpressionEngine 1.6.0, build 20070726

Hm- triple check the path and url settings for the ‘logo’ upload destination settings.  Then try another upload- and again triple check that you’re uploading to the ‘logo’ directory.

If that doesn’t do it- do you have MSM installed- and any extensions that might be affecting things?

Ok, the reason is absence of the trailing ‘/’, that is, if the path is /dir1/dir2, file ‘MyFile.jpg’ is stored as /dir1/dir2MyFile.jpg

I think the contents of this field should be considered a directory name and the trailing slash should be added if missing.

Aha- yep, that would do it.  Though I wouldn’t have expected the behavior.  You might put in a feature request on this one- and I’ll give the developers a ‘heads up’ on the thread as well.