Importing Pages from Disk "The directory specified does not exist, or cannot be accessed"

[wavey davey]

Trying to import plain HTML file.

I am following all instructions and all conditions have been met as far as I can tell as per Atlassian page:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Importing+Pages+from+Disk

- it is a Global Space

- I am logged in as System Admin

However, it doesn't work. I get the message "The directory specified does not exist, or cannot be accessed"

I have tried putting file in different folders (network, on my local drive) and with and without trailing "\"

What could possibly be missing or required to make this work?

[Ihor Tretyakov]

In my case I export Confluence space into XML and want import this in anouther wiki.

Help this page - https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-a-space-152036.html

[LucasA]

Hi Wavey,

Which value are you inserting in the "Import Directory" field? This field shall be filled with a server path. Confluence is unable to fetch files straight from your own computer (or a network location).

Best regards,
Lucas Timm

[wavey davey]

Aha, thanks, that is key information, though contrary to the instructions/info for this procedure:

"Confluence allows you to import text files from a disk or a directory on the Confluence server"

The sentence seems to give the following understanding:

1. from a disk (eg a hard drive, presumed to be desktop computer)

OR

2. from a directory on Confluence server.

But from your information, it appears it actually means:

1. from a disk (on Confluence server)

OR

2. from a directory on Confluence server.

Though a directory is on a disk on a server so hard to understand why there is distinction made.

Can you indicate what type of url/path that Confluence is expecting?

Probably something like:

\\servername\foldername\

Also, do I have to put file in to this?

\\servername\foldername\filename.txt

Thanks