Re: [Evolution] How Can I backup/restore in Evolution?

[Calvin Liu <calvin liu sun com>]

AFAIK, the mail account info isn't stored in ~/evolution, but in gconf
folders. ~/.gn* ~/.gc*?
Calvin

guenther wrote:

> > > I would like to backup/copy some files for the mail account info and
> > > all the mailbox messages in Evolution.  Then restore/copy these data
> > > files into another Mandrake machine.  This way, it saves me some time
> > > in setting up Evolution in the Mandrake machine.  I don't want to
> > > backup the whole Evolution sub-folder under the home folder.  How can
> > > I accomplish that?
> > >      
>
> The easiest way is the entire directory. To make the archive smaller,
> you can omit all ~/evolution/local/mbox.* (note the dot! do not delete
> the mbox file itself) files, as they get recreated on startup and are
> only for indexing.
>
> That data really isn't that much.
>
> You will at least need ~/evolution/config.xmldb for the accounts. Not
> too sure, if you would need more, as I never tried that.
>
> Passwords AFAIK are in ~/evolution/private/config.xmldb. You likely want
> the ~/evolution/signature/* and a couple of views, too. I recommend the
> entire ~/evolution directory (minus the mentioned indexing files).
>
>
>  
>
> > You can tar/gzip the ~/home/usernamegoeshere/evolution directory and
> > then "restore" it to another machine - but you might have some issues
> > with permissions.
> >
> > I got around that before by copying the entire evolution directory to a
> > FAT32 partition, then tar/gzip'ing it, THEN sticking it on another
> > machine.
> >    
>
> I really prefer saving the file permissions, as sensitive data is stored
> in some in them. So I would make a tarball without the extra step of
> moving to FAT32 (if available) and thus loosing file permissions.
>
> After extracting the tarball, you have to assign those files to the new
> USER and his GROUP:
>
> # cd /home/USER/
> # chownd -R USER.GROUP evolution
>
> ...guenther
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