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

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 13:21 -0400, Reid Vail via evolution-list wrote:
> On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 18:42 +0200, Jaroslaw Rafa wrote:
> > Dnia 13.08.2022 o godz. 12:33:32 Reid Vail via evolution-list
> > pisze:
> > > I used the rsync tool first. It grabbed all the mail but not the
> > > account info and settings. When I start Evo on the destination
> > > machine
> > > I am prompted by the account setup prompt, as though I'm a new
> > > user.  I
> > > grabbed the mail data from .local/share/evolution.  If the
> > > settings,
> > > etc, are store somewhere different I would be happy to learn it.
> >
> > It's ~/.config/evolution .
>
>
> Thx for the reply -
> that fixed it.  Actually, I don't understand why the GRSYNC restore
> didn't restore either the .local/share or the .config.  Had to do it
> all manually.  Probably a user error of some kind.

Since I'm not familiar with grsync, I can't guess. However a
straightforward copy with "rsync -a" would have copied the entire home
directory. The rsync man page has several examples to guide you.

poc