Re: [Evolution] Transfer of data

[Gerhard Schuck <geschu ma5 seikyou ne jp>]

Thanks to everybody who responded. Everything is clear now.

Gerhard Schuck
geschu ma5 seikyou ne jp


On 16 Nov 2001 03:25:56 +0100
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 00:31, Damon Chaplin wrote:
> > On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 21:13, Gerhard Schuck wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > which are the relevant files if I want to transfer lets say the ToDo Database from one computer to 
> > > another? I tried just to copy ~/evolution/local/Tasks/tasks.ics but evolution doesn't accept this file. 
> > > It just replaces the file automatically with the original one. So there must be a backup mechanism in 
> > > the background which I don't understand. I didn't find anything in the documentation.
> > >
> > > By the way, is this the right place to ask such questions? I asked the same question in users ximian 
> > > com but got no answer there.
> >
> > I think your problem is that the wombat server is still running, since
> > it is used to popup reminders. And it keeps the Todos/Events in memory.
> >
> > So you have to quit evolution, run killev to kill the wombat, then
> > copy the new file into position.
> also (cleaner way), you could use the new iCalendar importer
> (File/Import) to import the tasks.ics file from the other computer.
>
> cheers
> -- 
> Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org> - <rodrigo ximian com>
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