HOWTO: Download a fresh copy of a missing or corrupted module/image/file
Last modified: August 27, 2009 - 21:51
Thanks to revision control, you can download any file from any version of Drupal from 3.0 onwards by using the ViewCVS server.
- Go to http://cvs.drupal.org/ . You should see something looking similar to a folder listing.
- Click on the drupal folder.
- Click the Select Branch dropdown next to Show files using tag: and select the appropriate DRUPAL-X-Y-Z tag in the Non-branch tags section. The file index will change to a view of the files from that release.
- Browse to the appropriate folder. (Ignore any empty folders. Due to the way CVS stores information, you may come across empty folders that didn't actually exist for your release.)
- Click the dotted number in the Rev. column for the file you need. This will show a preview of the file.
- Right click the download link and choose Save Target As....
- Make sure the file type is set to All Files. Browse to the desired location on your disk and press Save.
You should now have a fresh copy of the missing or corrupted file.
