Re: [Evolution] Config files

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> > > In trying to move to another machine, I copied the folders:
> > >
> > >      ~/.evolution
> > >      ~/.gconf/apps/evolution
> > >
> > > the folders are there, but the accounts did not copy. What am I
> > > missing? Are there configs elsewhere?
>
> > These are the data and configuration necessary. However, you missed to
> > shut down the backends that operate on that data and settings, before
> > copying it.
> >
> > Stopping e-d-s (backend server for data files in ~/.evolution):
> > $ evolution --force-shutdown
> >
> > Stopping the GConf daemon:
> > $ gconftool-2 --shutdown
> >
> > You need to stop both backends mentioned above *before* you are copying
> > the files manually to the target account. They will restart
> > automatically, if needed. Just start Evo, this will do.
> >
> > It would be safe to care about both the daemons before copying the data
> > from the old account (in case of unsaved data), but this isn't an issue
> > in most cases anyway...
>
> Thanks so much. I did 'killev' and also manually killed the e-d-s
> processes I found, but I forgot gconf had its own daemon.

Sure, np. Just a few notes FYI:

* 'killev' doesn't exist for quite a long time now. Instead it's the
  force shutdown command I mentioned above.

* Killing the daemons is nasty and might result in data loss. The
  commands I mentioned take care to shut down the daemons nicely,
  writing still unsaved data to disk, if any.

...guenther


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