Re: [Evolution] Clarification re: evolution-backup-tar.gz ??

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 13:40 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
>
> This query is not urgent, but I would like to know.
>
> Does evolution-backup-tar.gz contain the contents of my mail, contacts,
> tasks etc. or just the settings?

Yes, it saves the mail (the local mail that is).

> Help manual says, "The back up saves your Evolution gconf settings,
> mails, contacts, tasks, memos and calendars and creates an archive."
> which can be interpreted a bit ambiguously.

I don't see the ambiguity.

> I have had advice that indicates that just the settings are saved,
> however when I restored the other day I got most but not all of my
> content data back.  e.g. missing one contact list/addresses and about 10
> emails.

It's trivial to test. Create a backup and do:

        tar tvf backup.tar.gz

to get a list of what's there.

poc