Backing up Evolution

Ricardo Veguilla veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu
Thu Nov 4 21:08:51 UTC 2004


Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 05:33 -0500, Phil Schaffner wrote:
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>>>>gconftool-2 --dump /apps/evolution > some_file.xml
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>So two things need to be done: this gconftool dump, and tarball
>the .evolution directory. When reinstalling, I'm going to have to
>reenter passwords but no big deal.
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>Yes? Correct?
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Yes, but I think that if you also backup the ~/.gnome2_private/evolution 
file you won' t have to reenter the passwords.

>I think I'll file an RFE for Evolution for a "File -> Backup" option.
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I wouldn't surprise me if there was a bug filed for it already, but 
there is no harm in checking.

Regards,
Ricardo Veguilla




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