Re: [Evolution] restoring an addressbook

[Dan Stromberg <strombrg dcs nac uci edu>]

Yup.  I've been popping in and out of the list for a while.  Usually, I
try to use gmane.

Anyway, on the subject of resetting evo when it gets perplexed:

http://dcs.nac.uci.edu/~strombrg/evolution-sledgehammer.html

On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 23:24 +0100, guenther wrote:
> Cc'ing Dan, since he obviously is not subscribed.
>
> > Is there any way I can import
> > /.evolution-2005-12-12/addressbook/local/system/addressbook.db into the
> > ~/.evolution I've been forced to move onto?
>
> Yes. Here are the generic recovery steps (Evo 2.4):
>
> a) Have a look at your ~/.evolution/addressbook/local/ dir.
> b) Create a new Address Book named "import" using Evo.
>    Close Evo.
> c) Have a look at that dir again. There now is a new dir.
>    We're going to use this new dir.
> d) Run this command:
>    $ evolution --force-shutdown
> e) Now run this command:
>    $ ps axw | grep evolution-data
>    And use the 'kill' command to kill this process.
> f) Inside that new dir, there is an "addressbook.db" file. Copy your old
>    (backed up) addressbook.db file there, overwriting the file in the
>    new dir.
> g) Do steps d) and e) again, as Evo can be respawned by numerous other
>    apps.
>
> When starting Evo the next time, you should have your old Contacts back,
> stored in the "import" Address Book.
>
>
> Note: If there are *NO* Contacts in the default "Personal" Address Book,
> you can directly use the system/ dir (see step a), rather than a new
> one. However, it always is safe to use a new one.
>
> Note: If you are using Evo 2.2, the above steps work as well. You just
> don't need the fugly step e) at all.
>
> IIRC using hacks like the steps mentioned successfully recreated
> addressbook.db files by Evo versions at least down to Evo 1.4.
>
>
> Additional note: Do NOT make me explain the use of 'ps | grep' and
> 'kill' on a *user* mailing list. See bug #323115. [1]
>
> ...guenther
>
>
> [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323115