Hi guenther, Thanks for your advice.
What will be more appropriate to recover the tar file after upgrade Evolution in case of problem 1) tar zxvf ~/backup-local.tar.gz ~/evolution/local/ OR 2) untar all files and manually paste them back to ~/evolution/local/ B.Regards Stephen On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 00:35, guenther wrote: > Most important first: > > To backup all your local mail, contacts, etc. (Folder bar: Local > Folders) you can simply use: > > $ tar czvf ~/backup-local.tar.gz ~/evolution/local/ > > You can restore the data at any time from the compressed tarball. > However, that is only needed, if the data gets corrupted -- very > unlikely by upgrading Evolution. > > > > > FWIW: All indexing files are recreated on startup. I would always save > > > the entire structure without the indexing files (that means: directory > > > hierarchy, all mbox (!) files and all *.xml files are needed). [1] > > > > Whether you meant to copy all directory, subdirectories and files such > > as > > /home/satimis(user)/evolution/local/*.* > > Note: *.* is generally a bad idea. This is *not* DOS (Windows) after > all... ;-) > > *.* does not match the file "mbox" for example, which holds your mails > and therefore is the most important file. > > > > and in case of problem after upgrade, all/some mails in their respective > > boxes lost, edit all .xml files including "mbox, mbox.ev-summary and > > mbox.ibex" back to new mail boxes created for such purpose. What I need > > to retain are only "inbox" and "sent" boxes. > > What I said: You do not need the indexing files to be backed up. > > However, I strongly advice to back up the *entire* structure with the > indexing files (see the command above) unless you know about those files > and do not need to ask... > > > > What is "directory hierarchy"? > > It's the hierarchy of the directories (sic). That only means, do not > just save the mbox files on it's own. Make sure, to save the path to the > files as well. (The mentioned tarball holds that structure.) It's > important, to have subfolders (Folder bar) where they belong and were > before. > > > ...guenther _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
