Re: [Evolution] backing up for restore after reinstall

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

you just cd to nowhere, i.e. type 'cd', it will cd to your home
directory.

On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 21:12, Stephen Liu wrote:
> Hi Not,
>
> Thanks for your advice.
>
> On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 09:35, Not Zed wrote:
> > all you have to do is:
> >
> > cd
> > tar czvf evolution.tar.gz evolution
>
> Which directory I have to cd.  I expect to retain the backup on
> /home/satimis/Temp/
>
> > evolution.tar.gz is your backup.
> >
> > Then when you want to restore it
> >
> > cd
> > tar xzvf /paht/to/backup/evolution.tar.gz
>
> Which directory I have to cd?  Kindly advise
>
> > This way it will only save the relative 'evolution' path in the archive.
> >
> > You saved the full path to home in your tar file, which you didn't
> > really want.
> >
> > For 'test 1', just do:
> >
> > tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/backup_local.tar.gz -C /
> >
> > So it untar's from /, since you have the full path in your archive.
> > (not normally recommended, but thats how you made it in the first
> > place)/.
>
> Noted with thanks
>
> B.R.
> Stephen
>
> > PS this is a little off topic, any general gnu/unix documentation should
> > cover basic tar operations like this
> >
> > On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 20:40, Stephen Liu wrote:
> > > Hi Not and other folks
> > >
> > > I am trying to copy all email boxes of an USER, such Inbox, Outbox,
> > > Sent, etc. from Evolution 1.4 running on a RH8.0 box to another
> > > Evolution 1.4 running on a RH9.0 box, same USER, and encountered
> > > difficulty as follows;
> > >
> > > Steps taken
> > > RH8.0 box
> > > # mkdir /home/satimis/Temp/
> > > # tar -zcvf /home/satimis/Temp/backup_local.tar.gz
> > > /home/satimis/evolution/local/
> > >
> > > Burnt the tarball on a CD
> > >
> > > Untar
> > > RH9.0 box
> > > The CD was automatically mounted
> > >
> > > Test-1
> > > # tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/backup_local.tar.gz -C
> > > /home/satimis/evolution/local
> > >
> > > The tarball was decompressed to
> > > /home/satimis/evolution/local/home/satimis/evolution/local/
> > >
> > > I tried to copy a file/email from the untared Inbox to
> > > /home/satimis/evolution/local/Inbox/  but it could not work.  Starting
> > > Evolution could not see that email in the Inbox.  Maybe copying files or
> > > folders/directories from the untared /home/satimis/evolution/local/ and
> > > pasting the same to /home/satimis/evolution/local/ of RH9.0 are not the
> > > correct procedure.
> > >
> > > Test-2
> > > # tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/backup_local.tar.gz -C
> > >
> > > I saw on the Konsole window the tarball has been decompressed but I
> > > could not locate the decompressed folder/directory afterwords.
> > >
> > > Could you please advise what shall be the correct syntax to tar
> > > /home/satimis/evolution/local/  on RH8.0 box and untar the tarball on
> > > RH9.0 box.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > B.Regards
> > > Stephen Liu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 06:07, Not Zed wrote:
> > > > Backup everything in ~/evolution for all email, calendar, addressbook,
> > > > vFolder and filters.
> > > >
> > > > If you also need to keep configuration defaults, and mail accounts, then
> > > > also backup ~/.gconf/apps/evolution at least.
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 19:37, Thinker wrote:
> > > > > I am going to wipe my machine out and reinstall SuSE 8.2 tonight. What
> > > > > do I need to do so that I don't lose any of my emails from evolution
> > > > > 1.4.4? I plan to burn my documents folder and whatever else I need to to
> > > > > a disk before I wipe it all.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
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