On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 11:18 +0100, Daniel CLEMENT wrote: > Thanks to both for your replies. > > I did just that this morning, it was amazingly easy and trouble-free. > > On Wednesday 25 March 2009 15:12 -0400, Jonathan-Marc Lapointe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > You could only export your Evolution data using the export tools and > > then import this backup to your new install. > > > > To do this, go to "File" then click on "Archive parameters". > > > > This will create a tgz file with everything in it. Settings as well as > > data that you will be able to import in the new install using "File", > > "Restore Settings". > > > > Gxis! > > Yes, I know this feature in Evolution. It is convenient, though I > suspect it does nothing more than transferring the /.evolution folder > (but in compressed form). Why not just use rsync? That way, you can transfer things in multiple partial bits instead of one big one. You can also keep working on the old machine, while copying to the new one. The final rsync from a console transfers the last few bits that you've done during the previous rsyncs. This is also a great backup tool, and can do on-the-fly compression with -z, and encryption using "-e ssh". The only downside is that in my experience, it can slow things down a lot while it's running, as it does its rolling md4sum of parts of files to see what does and does not need to be updated. Very network-efficient, at the expense of local resource-intensive. I used to rsync all the time between home desktop, work file server, and laptop, and could sync my Palm with gnome-pilot at any of them at any time without any trouble at all. (Now I just have a beefier laptop, and use rsync to back stuff up.) -Adam -- GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Engineering consulting with open source tools http://www.opennovation.com/
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