On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 09:12 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 09:46 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 15:19 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: ... > > 2) In .evolution/cache/ I currently have 100MB, mainly contained in the > > html subdirectory. Is there a way to clear this cache from evolution. > > Have not found such option yet. What about just removing the files > > under .../cache/html/??/ and .../cache/tmp? > > Just remove them. Evo will recreate anything it needs.
Under html there are a number of subdirectories: 00/ 01/ etc, can I remove these too? > > 3) Is it possible to specify another tmp directory than > > under .evolution? > > AFAIK not directly (though gconf-editor might be a way). However you can > create a temp directory somewhere else and place a symbolic link to it > where Evo expects to find it. Be sure to stop Evo completely (evolution > --force-shutdown) before doing this. OK, a symbolic link seems to be the best choice. > > 4) Can I edit the mbox folders manually, e.g. in emacs. I've done so > > successfully before but it seems to be somewhat risky. > > Yes, although it will mess up the index files, but you can remove these > and Evo will recreate them. Again, use --force-shutdown to stop Evo > before doing this. However if you don't have enough space for an > expunge, I don't see how you're going to be able to edit large mbox > files, since an expunge is essentially just that. I moved the file to somewhere I had space, edited the file and moved it back. > > 5) Where can I find a description of the set of files for each folder, > > e.g. Inbox, Inbox.cmeta, Inbox.ev-summary, Inbox.ev-summary-meta, > > Inbox.ibex.index, Inbox.ibex.index.data > > Why so many sub-files in addition to the main one Inbox? ... > Offhand I can't point you to a unified description of all > this, but http://www.go-evolution.org/Main_Page might be a place to > start. Thanks for the pointer. I'll take a look. > poc > _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
