by Przemyslaw Stencel.
In the past, it was possible to simply rename .mbz files to .zip. I could then unzip the file, modify the included xml files in a text editor, compress the whole package again, rename it back to .mbz and restore it. I ued this procedure in some cases when, for example, there was a username conflict while restoring courses moved between different Moodle installs.
However, since the 2.8 upgrade, this does not seem to work - when I change the filename from .mbz to .zip, the zip file cannot be uncompressed (I get an error that the file is not a valid zip archive).
Has the .mbz format changed in 2.8? If so, is there any way to manually modify the contents of the backup file?
Przemek