Re: [Evolution] Is it possible to move local to an different hd?

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Fri, 2020-03-06 at 16:29 +0100, mario chiari wrote:
> I am running of space on my Linux machine, or better my setting is:
>
> -- The usual Linux filesystem Mounted on / (/dev/sda2),       where Used 142.63 GiB
> (95%) / Unused 7.37 GiB (5%)
> -- a secondary hd, Mounted on /data (/dev/sdb1), where Used 299.66 GiB (32%) /
> Unused 631.85 (68%)
>
> My /root/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/ is about 30GiB.

"root" is wrong.
Do not do that.
Use a normal user account instead.

> Is there a way to
> move it under /data, and still have Evolution working fine and fast?

You could try to create a symlink and see what might break (or not).
Backups can save your day.

Cheers,
andre
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