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

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Fri, 2020-03-06 at 16:29 +0100, mario chiari wrote:
> Hi
>
> 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. Is there a way to
> move it under /data, and still have Evolution working fine and fast? 

You will get a lot of people saying this:

Do not login and run your desktop as root.  Just don't.  Move to a real
user and then su/sudo to root.  

And no, you should not move the /root folder to anywhere else. It
should be on the / partition.

Oh, and remember DO NOT login as root.

P.