Re: [Evolution] Advice on backup method

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

Hi,

Evolution itself offers a backup method:
https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/backup-restore.html

For anything on a general distribution / file level or other
applications (like deja-dup), please contact your distribution.

Thanks,
andre

On Sun, 2016-05-29 at 10:50 +0200, Chas IRONS wrote:
> Good day all
>
> As a retired end user of Ubuntu Linux since 2005 I cannot get an
> easy/simple backup method to work. Would File Manager copy to a flsh
> drive and restore a damaged file safely? I have never needed to
> recover but it may happen.
>
> I have used the Backup front end for deja-dup each month-end many
> times but this time it would not switch to a new flash drive. The
> Software Centre also had many bad comments. So I installed Back in
> Time with its recommended default settings but it failed with many
> pages of errors about Evolution files. My Evolution folders have 65MB
> of history about banking, medical,tax and investment transactions
> that I must keep.
>
> The first few errors in the log below were followed by 10 pages of
> Evolution errors: Please advise me!
> [E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-
> PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonCookie
> " -> "11075476278167463458" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
> [E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-
> PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonLock"
> -> "Charles-PC-3224" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
> [E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-
> PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonSocket
> " -> "/tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.y4TlhJ/SingletonSocket" failed:
> Operation not permitted (1)
> [E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-
> PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/pulse/1b13e7b811a0e3d
> 43e110330544bc30b-runtime" -> "/tmp/pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n" failed:
> Operation not permitted (1)
> [E] Error: rsync: mkstemp "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles-
> PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/evolution/addressbook
> /views/.current_view-file:___home_chas_.local_share_evolution_address
> book_local_1148126609 11372 6 ubuntu xml nXKWlY" failed: Invalid
> argument (22)
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