On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:15 pm, J Adam Latham wrote: > Hi, All ... > > Today I had to reinstall my user directory, which I had backed up on a > disc. But when I unpacked the contents of that backup (which included my > Mail dir) I was disappointed to discover that my KMail settings > (identities, networks, filters etc) were not backed up ... Also, any sub > directories (& their msgs) in my local folders were gone ... (Which means, > say, the folder Work was still there but not, say, Work -> Bob, Work - > >Susie, or whatever ... ) > > I had assumed (naively) that this info was stored either in my Mail dir or > in some hidden file in my home dir ... Obviously not. > > Can someone please let me know where this info is saved, and how I can > include it in backups so that I don't have to recreate all my settings > again? > > Any/all help is appreciated ... > > Best, > Adam
I'm guessing that you just went into Konqueror or some program like that and copied and pasted all of the files and directories? I've tried that, bad idea =P. There are hidden directories and files that begin with a '.'. I'm sure you've noticed them. So if you want to back stuff up with a GUI, just make sure to go into properties and check the option to show hidden files and folders. It's under 'View'. I believe the Kmail settings are in .Mail, but I'm not positive so just copy them all next time. --Marc
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