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Seems likely. But just possibly the problem is that the backup file has already been uncompressed - perhaps uncompressed when downloaded - and so is not in good shape for the restore. Check the backup file with ls -l filename file filename gunzip -tv filename tar tfz filename

[image] Ed S: But just possibly the problem is that the backup file has already been uncompressed - perhaps uncompressed when downloaded That seems like the most likey lway that the backup could have been corrupted (given that it was uploaded and not in the same place where it was created). I…

Yes, I was supposing a person was logged into their Discourse instance. If we offer a GUI method to recover a backup, for people unfamiliar with the command line, perhaps that code can include some check on the backup file and at least report the size and type if the uncompression library throws an…

[image] Jay Pfaffman: as it explicitly hides extensions by default. I agree with you

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) September 11, 2023, 11:56am 2

My guess is a corrupted backup file.

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Error while restore backup

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