all you have to do is: cd tar czvf evolution.tar.gz evolution
evolution.tar.gz is your backup. Then when you want to restore it cd tar xzvf /paht/to/backup/evolution.tar.gz This way it will only save the relative 'evolution' path in the archive. You saved the full path to home in your tar file, which you didn't really want. For 'test 1', just do: tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/backup_local.tar.gz -C / So it untar's from /, since you have the full path in your archive. (not normally recommended, but thats how you made it in the first place)/. PS this is a little off topic, any general gnu/unix documentation should cover basic tar operations like this On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 20:40, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Not and other folks > > I am trying to copy all email boxes of an USER, such Inbox, Outbox, > Sent, etc. from Evolution 1.4 running on a RH8.0 box to another > Evolution 1.4 running on a RH9.0 box, same USER, and encountered > difficulty as follows; > > Steps taken > RH8.0 box > # mkdir /home/satimis/Temp/ > # tar -zcvf /home/satimis/Temp/backup_local.tar.gz > /home/satimis/evolution/local/ > > Burnt the tarball on a CD > > Untar > RH9.0 box > The CD was automatically mounted > > Test-1 > # tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/backup_local.tar.gz -C > /home/satimis/evolution/local > > The tarball was decompressed to > /home/satimis/evolution/local/home/satimis/evolution/local/ > > I tried to copy a file/email from the untared Inbox to > /home/satimis/evolution/local/Inbox/ but it could not work. Starting > Evolution could not see that email in the Inbox. Maybe copying files or > folders/directories from the untared /home/satimis/evolution/local/ and > pasting the same to /home/satimis/evolution/local/ of RH9.0 are not the > correct procedure. > > Test-2 > # tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/backup_local.tar.gz -C > > I saw on the Konsole window the tarball has been decompressed but I > could not locate the decompressed folder/directory afterwords. > > Could you please advise what shall be the correct syntax to tar > /home/satimis/evolution/local/ on RH8.0 box and untar the tarball on > RH9.0 box. > > Thanks in advance. > > B.Regards > Stephen Liu > > > > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 06:07, Not Zed wrote: > > Backup everything in ~/evolution for all email, calendar, addressbook, > > vFolder and filters. > > > > If you also need to keep configuration defaults, and mail accounts, then > > also backup ~/.gconf/apps/evolution at least. > > > > On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 19:37, Thinker wrote: > > > I am going to wipe my machine out and reinstall SuSE 8.2 tonight. What > > > do I need to do so that I don't lose any of my emails from evolution > > > 1.4.4? I plan to burn my documents folder and whatever else I need to to > > > a disk before I wipe it all. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > To Get Your Own iCareHK.com Email Address? Go To www.iCareHK.com. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
