Hello,
There's probably not much sense in posting this question since it seems to be an intentional behavior of Synapse.org, but I'd love to at least understand why.
Basically, I tar'ed up a folder that I'm trying to share with a colleague because it's easier to move around (and smaller), and I'm pretty certain it will be easier on them so they don't have to download individual files/folders. When trying to upload the `.tar.gz` file, I'm getting the following error:
```
Unable to upload. Please select a set of accessible Files to upload. Uploading a Folder is not supported.
```
I don't understand why uploading a folder is problem at all, but I especially don't understand why uploading a `.tar.gz` of a folder is a problem.
Can anyone enlighten me?
Really appreciate it.
Created by Mark Ebbert mebbert Hi Bruce and Mark,
I'm having trouble reproducing the issue. I created a test file via `tar czf nf-config.tar.gz nf`, and was able to select the file for upload (or drag and drop the file for upload) to Synapse.org on Chrome.
What browser were you using? Were you selecting to upload a File, or were you somehow able to select the file after selecting to upload a Folder to Synapse in the web UI?
-Jay @jay Can you provide any insight into the behavior of the Synapse web portal in this situation? Thank you. ***Update***
The error I reported was using the web interface. I just uploaded the `.tar.gz` file using the command line tool (command below) and it worked without issue.
Not sure why the web interface threw a fit.
```
synapse store --parentid /path/to/my_file.tar.gz
```