Re: [Evolution] Evolution backup & restore error on 3.44-1

[Reid Vail <rsv869 gmail com>]

On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 17:34 +0200, Andre Klapper via evolution-list
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 10:48 -0400, Reid Vail via evolution-list
> wrote:
> > Running version Evo 3.44-1 on two Linux Mint 21 machines, both on
> > kernel 5.15.0-46.
> >
> > I've used GRSYNC to backup and restore as much data as possible
> > from an
> > old desktop to a newer laptop.  In the process I tried to use the
> > Evolution backup/restore utility. Have successfully used it before.
> > Trouble this time is that restore fails, reporting that the backup
> > file
> > is not readable.  The goal is to bring over most current email as
> > well
> > as the account & settings info so the two configs match.
>
> Have you checked ownership and permissions of the backup file? 
> You may need to adjust them (chmod / chown / chgrp) if your user
> account does not have permissions to access that file.
>
> Cheers,
> andre
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Andre -
Thx - permissions match.
BTW... error message is:  "Invalid Evolution backup file.  File
/media/donna/DATA/xxxx.tar.gz is not a valid Evolution backup file.