Title: Strange folder structure
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Strange folder structure

 *  [Worthdesigning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auntypizza/)
 * (@auntypizza)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-folder-structure/)
 * Hi,
 * Some of my backups have a strange folder structure when I unzip them to have 
   a look at them – it doesn’t match the server structure?
 * Wondering why that is?
 * Thanks
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 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-folder-structure/#post-6542915)
 * did you have a special config for WP_PLUGIN_DIR or WP_CONTENT_DIR
 *  Thread Starter [Worthdesigning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auntypizza/)
 * (@auntypizza)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-folder-structure/#post-6542925)
 * You mean a constant in wp-config?
 * If that’s what you mean – no.
 *  Thread Starter [Worthdesigning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auntypizza/)
 * (@auntypizza)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-folder-structure/#post-6542930)
 * Hi,
 * It was created as a tar file – when I ran the job as a zip file I didn’t have
   the folder structure issue?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-folder-structure/#post-6543060)
 * hmmm, tar has a limitation on file length and must split the path over two filds.
   Can you try a other tool for tar and provide me a screenshot.
 *  Thread Starter [Worthdesigning](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auntypizza/)
 * (@auntypizza)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-folder-structure/#post-6543061)
 * I was actually running the jobs as a **Tar GZip** – not Tar.
 * So by _‘try other tool for tar’_ … do you mean use a different program to extract
   the contents of the file?
 * **I run them all as zip now** and it’s working beautifully 🙂
 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-folder-structure/#post-6543063)
 * Yes i mean. The differce betwen tar and tar.gz is only the the tar.gz is compressed.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-folder-structure/#post-6543063)
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