Re: [Evolution] Backing up.

["J. Kelley Jernigan" <hovercraft nc rr com>]

Darren,

I would be doing both.
To an FAT32 drive I share with XP-Pro and burning a to a CD-ROM

Thanks,

Kelley

On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 19:23, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 00:00, J. Kelley Jernigan wrote:
> > How does one backup Evolution so that it still works after either a
> > fresh OS install or an upgrade?
>
> What media are you planning to back up to? Let's assume you have some
> disk partition or something already mounted on your system. Then all you
> have to do is this:
>
> evolution --force-shutdown
> tar -cjvf /path/to/backup/mountpoint/evolution.tar.bz2 ~/evolution ~/.gconf/apps/evolution
>
> To restore, do this:
>
> evolution --force-shutdown
> cd ~
> tar -xjvf /path/tp/backup/mountpoint/evolution.tar.bz2
>
> If you are planning on backing up to CD-R(W) then reply and tell you the
> extra steps you need to take.n
>
> > Thanks.
>
> You're welcome.
>
> Best, Darren
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