Re: [Evolution] Evolution problem

[Stephen Liu <satimis icare com hk>]

Hi guenther,

Thanks for your advice.

What will be more appropriate to recover the tar file after upgrade
Evolution in case of problem

1) tar zxvf ~/backup-local.tar.gz  ~/evolution/local/

OR

2) untar all files and manually paste them back to ~/evolution/local/

B.Regards
Stephen


On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 00:35, guenther wrote:
> Most important first:
>
> To backup all your local mail, contacts, etc. (Folder bar: Local
> Folders) you can simply use:
>
> $ tar czvf ~/backup-local.tar.gz  ~/evolution/local/
>
> You can restore the data at any time from the compressed tarball.
> However, that is only needed, if the data gets corrupted -- very
> unlikely by upgrading Evolution.
>
>
> > > FWIW: All indexing files are recreated on startup. I would always save
> > > the entire structure without the indexing files (that means: directory
> > > hierarchy, all mbox (!) files and all *.xml files are needed). [1]
> >
> > Whether you meant to copy all directory, subdirectories and files such
> > as
> > /home/satimis(user)/evolution/local/*.*
>
> Note: *.* is generally a bad idea. This is *not* DOS (Windows) after
> all... ;-)
>
> *.* does not match the file "mbox" for example, which holds your mails
> and therefore is the most important file.
>
>
> > and in case of problem after upgrade, all/some mails in their respective
> > boxes lost, edit all .xml files including "mbox, mbox.ev-summary and
> > mbox.ibex" back to new mail boxes created for such purpose.  What I need
> > to retain are only "inbox" and "sent" boxes.
>
> What I said: You do not need the indexing files to be backed up.
>
> However, I strongly advice to back up the *entire* structure with the
> indexing files (see the command above) unless you know about those files
> and do not need to ask...
>
>
> > What is "directory hierarchy"?
>
> It's the hierarchy of the directories (sic). That only means, do not
> just save the mbox files on it's own. Make sure, to save the path to the
> files as well. (The mentioned tarball holds that structure.) It's
> important, to have subfolders (Folder bar) where they belong and were
> before.
>
>
> ...guenther