Cache Folders in the Portal Root causing problems

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packrat
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06/13/2007 4:36 PM
Hi John, I have several folders that are residing in my portal root directory at the default and 0 level. They contain files such as resource files and webinfo files. Every time I try to copy down my site from production to my dev machine, I get a copy error related to these files being in use or having read only permissions. I did a full backup of my site (I had to exclude the files from being copied - a real pain) and restored the site on my dev machine and it came up with no seemingly ill effects. As far as caching performance settings go, I have module caching set to memory under host settings and in my web.config I have . Do all dnn installations create these files and cause copying problems? Are they optional? Any help appreciated. Thanks, Paul

John Mitchell
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06/13/2007 4:41 PM
Check in web.config to see if EnableCachePersistence is set to true, that is my best guess if you have module caching set to memory.

packrat
Posts:64

06/13/2007 4:45 PM
Ok...I keep forgetting about pasting code and the security features of the editor. I pasted this < add key="EnableCachePersistence" value="false"/ > in my earlier post but it got blanked out.

John Mitchell
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06/13/2007 4:51 PM
Hmmm, what are the dates on the cache files? Can you attach a few? PageBlaster does cache files with a pb.webinfo extension, but what you described did not sound like PageBlaster. to paste code, switch to source view in the editor and then wrap your code in < code > tags < /code >.

packrat
Posts:64

06/13/2007 5:12 PM
The webinfo files are being store under Portal/Default/Cache/TabId inside numbered subfolders. The resource file is from the 0 directory under cache. This is not the folder causing the copying problem. It is the webinfo files. Tried attaching the files (28kb) but I got an error with the upload saying file sizes can't exceed 2048 kb's or invalid file type.

John Mitchell
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06/13/2007 5:17 PM
The ones under Cache/TabId sound like PageBlaster. They are cach dependency files. If you set the disk-cache-interval to 0 in the PageBlaster.config file then those won't be created. You may just want to configure your backup/copy operation to avoid those folders.

John Mitchell
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06/13/2007 5:18 PM
For attachments, please put them in a zip file. .webinfo extensions can not be attached in this forum.

packrat
Posts:64

06/13/2007 6:28 PM
sorry...had to take a break and hit the pool with the boys. I have attached the files.
Attachment: 7abb74f837f4c8d9a5f77036a796c4ef.pb.zip

John Mitchell
Posts:3084

06/13/2007 9:31 PM
The pb.webinfo are PageBlaster. The tab... resources is from disk caching in DNN, but it is really old so you may just want to delete it.

packrat
Posts:64

06/14/2007 6:53 AM
Thanks John...that's what I needed, just an understanding of where the files were coming from and what role they play. I appreciate your time. Paul

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