Re: [Evolution] Take Evolution offline from a bash script?

[larry <lar3ry sasktel net>]

On Mon, 2021-10-18 at 12:16 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-10-18 at 12:24 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list
> wrote:
> > I guess you foresee a manual backup, not to use the backup utility
> > provided by the Evolution itself, hidden under the File-
> > > Backup/Restore
> > Evolution settings menu options, right?

> I wouldn't encourage people to use this for regular backups, such as
> nightly cron job, as it copies everything, not just changes. As we've
> discussed before, it's really aimed at moving your account data to a
> new installation.

I prefer that it copies everything, where 'everything' is exactly, and
only, what I think I need backed up.

Currently it backs up .local/share/evolution,
which gives me a 500 MB file, and takes a little over 6 minutes.

I don't keep every backup. I keep 7 days worth, and on the 7th day, I
copy that one to the weekly directory, and the same for the monthly,
and keep only 4 monthlies.

I plan on narrowing it down to
.local/share/evolution/mail and .local/share/evolution/addressbook, as
those are the only things I need for mail. I don't use Calendar, Tasks,
or Memos.

> I just use my normal nightly system backup. There's no need for a
> separate utility for Evolution.

I consider my Evolution backup to be one of my normal nightly backups.

Thanks for the response.

Larry